Overview
- Examines in detail the evolution of parties and party systems in Israel and India since gaining independence
- Analyses the working of government and issues of governance in Israel and India
- Highlights the comparative dynamics of the parties and party systems in Israel and India, tracing their democratic roots from pre-independence to an era of globalization
- Explores the role of parties in the transformation of democracies and governance of the two leading parliamentary systems: Israel and India
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Parties and Party Systems: A Conceptual Framework
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Parties and the State Formation
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Parties in the Post-independence Polities: From Predominance to Pluralism
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Ideological Roots, Social Bases and Electoral Patterns of the Parties: Exploring Israel and India
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Parties and the Government Making
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About this book
This book focuses on the changes currently redefining parties and party systems in Israel and India with regard to parliamentary democracy, coalitional polity, electoral profiles and social diversity. It compares the nature of parties and party systems in Israel and India since their independence and documents how the societies, states and governments have undergone significant transformations during the long course of their existence. Â In this regard, it also investigates the many significant similarities and glaring differences between India and Israel as two leading parliamentary democracies.Â
Characterizing the transition of two countries’ party systems as ‘a shift from predominance to pluralism’, the book underlines its impact on the societies, democracies and governance of the two parliamentary nations.The book combines theoretical underpinnings with an empirical understanding of the subject matter, particularly the parties, leaders, state and g
overnment, pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, which would appeal to a broad readership from academe and industry alike, and a valuable guide for students and scholars of Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology, Governance and Law.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sunil K. Choudhary is a Professor of Political Science and Director, Developing Countries Research Centre at University of Delhi. He has an outstanding academic record and research publications. A post-doctoral fellow from Tel Aviv University, Israel and a Commonwealth Fellow at the University of Oxford, U.K., he has written extensively on contemporary issues which have not only been figured in various refereed national and international journals but have also been published as peer-reviewed books. Â He has to his credit today 6 Books, 37 Research Papers and 83 Research Publications and Presentations. As an expert/examiner/editor, he has been associated with various premier institutions. He is the recipient of various national and international awards. He was honoured with the prestigious Global South Award, 2014 by the International Political Science Association [IPSA] in Montreal, Canada. This award is given to only one Social Science Scholar from amongst 155 nations fo
rmaking distinct research contributions in the countries of the Global South.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Changing Face of Parties and Party Systems
Book Subtitle: A Study of Israel and India
Authors: Sunil K. Choudhary
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5175-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5174-6Published: 11 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5336-9Published: 04 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5175-3Published: 13 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 379
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Regionalism, Development and Post-Colonialism, Political Sociology