Ideology and identity: the changing party systems of India

'Ideology and Identity' shows that party politics and elections in India are a contest of ideas. Using survey data from the Indian National Election Studies (NES) and survey experiments from smaller but more focused studies, the text shows that Indian electoral politics, as represented by political parties, their members, and their voters, is in fact marked by deep ideological cleavages

Ideology and Identity shows that party politics and elections in India are a contest of ideas. Using survey data from the Indian National Election Studies (NES) and survey experiments from smaller but more focused studies, the book shows that Indian electoral politics, as represented by political parties, their members, and their voters, is in fact marked by deep ideological cleavages.

State formation and ideological conflict in multiethnic countries -- The 2014 elections and the ideological divide in Indian politics -- Intellectual lineages of the politics of statism and recognition -- Who opposes reservations and why? -- You don't say no to Lakshmi : the myth of vote buying in India -- Transformational leaders and ideological shifts -- Transmitting ideology -- Statism, recognition, and the party system change in India -- Ideological challenges and the decline of the Congress Party -- The BJP and an ideological consolidation of the right?