Party Systems and Government Stability in the Indian States

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3272162
AutoresPaul R Bra, Paul R Brass (University of Washington, autor correspondente)
Ano1977
Volume71
Fascículo4
Páginas1384-1405
Data de publicação1977-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1961486
OpenAlexW4234110495
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas16

This paper contributes to the substantive and methodological discussion of the issues concerning the causes of cabinet instability through analysis of data from Indian state politics. The focus of the analysis is on explaining the duration of Indian state governments in days with variables measuring the degree of fragmentation and cohesion in the party system, the composition of the cabinet, the characteristics of the opposition, and the role of ideological differences. A substantial amount of the variation in the durability of coalition governments is explained with variables that measure the degree of party system institutionalization and the extent of political opportunism, but ideological factors do not explain much of the differences in durability of governments. It is also found that none of the measures used can explain much of the variation in one-party majority governments for which, it is argued, explanations must be sought that focus on leadership skill and on relationships between leaders and factions in a dominant party

Authoritarianism · Cabinet (room · Democracy · Ideology · Institutionalisation · Opportunism · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies