Forty Years of World's Largest Democracy a Survey of Indian Elections

Foreword IX Chapter 1 Five Hundred Million Electors Universal Adult Franchise Reduction in Voting Age Women's Participation Chapter 2 Electoral System Divide and Rule : Separate Electorates Reservation of Seats Anomalies of First-Past-the-Post Voters' Capacity for Judgement Chapter 3 Growth of A Complex Polity Political Parties and Alliances Emergence of Regional Parties Stars in Political Wars 1989: Tense Run-up New Political Configuration Northern 'waves' and the South Other Highlights A 'Hung' Lok Sabha Shifting Scene in the States 1990: A Mani General Aspects of stability Election Chapter 4. Issues inand Beyond - 1989 Poverty Literacy Corruption Electoral Reform Secularism and Minorities Common Civil Code Castebased Quotas...