Why India Votes? Contributor(s): Banerjee, Mukulika (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138019712 ISBN-13: 9781138019713 Publisher: Routledge Chapman & Hall OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 306.2 |
LCCN: 2015358051 |
Series: Exploring the Political in South Asia |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.84" W x 8.54" (0.87 lbs) 326 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Why India Votes? offers a fascinating account of the Indian electorate through a series of comprehensive ethnographic explorations conducted across the country -- Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It probes the motivations of ordinary voters, what they think about politicians, the electoral process, democracy and their own role within it. This book will be useful to scholars and students of political science, anthropology and sociology, those in media and politics, and those interested in elections and democracy as also the informed general reader. |