When the Central Player Fails
Constraints on Cabinet Formation in Contemporary India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6239760 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Csaba Nikolenyi (0000-0003-1764-9124, Concordia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 395-418 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0008423904040181 |
| OpenAlex | W1999320820 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
From the first post–independence election in 1952 until the general elections of 1989, the Indian National Congress party won a plurality of the votes and a majority of the legislative seats in every national parliamentary election except for the one that was held in 1977. Although the party maintained its dominant position in the national party system for almost four decades, starting in 1967 it gradually lost it at the subnational level. Finally, the 1989 national election brought Congress dominance to a definite end in the national party system as well. Since 1989, Congress has neither remained the consistently strongest electoral party nor has it won a parliamentary majority in any single election
Cabinet (room · Communism · Democracy · Dominance (genetics · Economics · Electoral system · General election · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Legislature · National election · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Primary election · Realigning election · Single non-transferable vote · Socialism · Split-ticket voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
The theory of political coalitions.
Making and Breaking Governments
Instability of Simple Dynamic Games
Stable outcomes in majority rule voting games
The Effect of Dominant and Central Parties on Cabinet Composition and Durability
Office Seeking and Policy Pursuit in Coalition Theory
Political competitition and multiparty coalition governments
Minority governments, minimal winning coalitions and surplus majorities in parliamentary systems
Constraints on Cabinet Formation in Parliamentary Democracies
A Theory of Coalition Formation
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |