The decline of a dominant party : the Indian National Congress, 1967-1977

Master Thesis

2008

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Ansara, David
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Schrire, Robert
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Political Studies
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This thesis is concerned with the phenomenon of Single Party Dominance (SPD) and the implications of such a phenomenon on the party system in post-Independence India. Specifically, the work is tasked with explaining how dominance can end by providing an analytical narrative of a single case of SPD and its collapse. This will be done by examining the precipitous decline of the Indian National Congress over a ten-year period from 1967, where Congress lost its first state-level elections, to 1977, where the party was finally rejected at the national level after three decades of dominance.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-109).

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South African and Comparative Politics

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Ansara, D. 2008. The decline of a dominant party : the Indian National Congress, 1967-1977. University of Cape Town.

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