- Abstract:
-
When do electorally dominant parties lose power in democracies? Drawing on the experiences of India's states during the period of Indian National Congress dominance, we argue that single-party dominance is less likely to endure under two conditions: first, when one of the opposition parties possesses a longstanding and robust party organization and, second, when there is a single social cleavage dividing the political class into two main cleavage groups. Both conditions contribute to the demi...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Publisher:
- City University of New York Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Comparative Politics Journal website
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 149-188(40)
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-07-28
- ISSN:
-
0010-4159
- Pubs id:
-
pubs:907391
- UUID:
-
uuid:6200776e-3aa8-4cd5-8a01-5c8616c250a4
- Source identifiers:
-
907391
- Local pid:
- pubs:907391
- Notes:
- This article is also available from the publisher here: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?option1=tka&value1=Social+Cleavages.+Party+Organization.+and+the+End+of+Single.Party+Dominance&pageSize=10&index=1#
Journal article
Social cleavages, party organization, and the end of single-party dominance: Insights from India
Actions
Authors
Bibliographic Details
Terms of use
Metrics
Altmetrics
Dimensions
If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record