Elite Parties, Poor Voters : (Record no. 2136)
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| fixed length control field | 03665cam a2200409 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781107570771 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 324.954 T174 E |
| Item number | 102037 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tariq Thachil |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Elite Parties, Poor Voters : |
| Remainder of title | how Social Services win votes in India / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Tariq Thachil, Yale University. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication | 2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 331 pages |
| Other physical details | illustrations, map ; |
| Accompanying material | 24 cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Cambridge studies in comparative politics |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "Social Services as Electoral Strategy in India Elite Parties, Poor Voters Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their privileged base. Tariq Thachil is an assistant professor in the department of political science and director of undergraduate studies on the South Asian studies council at Yale University. He also serves as a faculty associate at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies"-- |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. An elite party's struggles with poor voters; 3. Why rich and poor voters support an elite party in India; 4. Why an elite party turned to service; 5. How service wins votes; 6. When service fails: the impact of rival strategies; 7. The argument in comparative perspective; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A: variables, sources, and summary statistics; Appendix B: additional tables and figures; Appendix C: supplemental survey information; Appendix D: list of information in online supplement. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "This book analyzes how the paradox of the poor often voting against their material interests emerged in India"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political participation |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Marginality, Social |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Poor |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social service |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Political parties |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions. |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/70080/cover/9781107070080.jpg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | General Stacks | 09/03/2018 | 795.00 | 324.954 T174 E 102037 | 102037 | 09/03/2018 | Books |