Reviews for Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India

The average rating for Why Ethnic Parties Succeed: Patronage and Ethnic Head Counts in India based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-10-04 00:00:00 Donald Erdman Ii Chandra makes a credible and thoroughly researched argument for the role of caste/class/ethnic identity in patronage democracies. Her case study is Uttar Pradesh, where the Dalit identity has come to be a politically powerful label, and membership of this group has shifted from being among the oppressed to being among the politically enfranchised. The content and argument are very interesting, though her presentation of data is rather dry and confusing. Used in thesis research for Jackson School of Int'l Studies: University of Washington.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-10-05 00:00:00 Jessie Bradley because their ethnic group is big enough, and because they have internally competitive meritocracies that allow them to promote representatives of ethnic subdivisions within the party hierarchy, credibly signaling their commitment to ethnic patronage.