Democracy and Diversity: India and the American ExperienceShankar K Bajpai This volume is a comparative study of the Indian and American experiences of democracy. They deal with institutions and ethnicity, idea of the nation-state, linguistic diversity, minorities question, political parties and democratic practices, federalism and decentralization. |
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... Janata Family of Parties45 The Janata family of parties can be traced back to the Congress Socialist Party of the 1930s , a faction within the larger Congress- led national movement . It was pro - land reform , rural - based , and ...
... Janata Family of Parties45 The Janata family of parties can be traced back to the Congress Socialist Party of the 1930s , a faction within the larger Congress- led national movement . It was pro - land reform , rural - based , and ...
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... Janata party , also a broad , multi - ethnic coalitional or Congress party , and won a thumping victory . The Janata party of 1977-9 has by now split into so many parties that it is best to describe the entire set as the Janata family ...
... Janata party , also a broad , multi - ethnic coalitional or Congress party , and won a thumping victory . The Janata party of 1977-9 has by now split into so many parties that it is best to describe the entire set as the Janata family ...
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... Janata family splinters , less ideological and more power - oriented , aligned with the BJP - led coalition of parties . A year after the BJP's exit from power , the various offshoots of the Janata family of parties remain in different ...
... Janata family splinters , less ideological and more power - oriented , aligned with the BJP - led coalition of parties . A year after the BJP's exit from power , the various offshoots of the Janata family of parties remain in different ...
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Minorities and Indias Democracy | 144 |
Democracy within Parties and the Accommodation | 192 |
Federalism MultiNational Societies and Negotiating | 225 |
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