Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Social and Economic History of Bihar
Electoral History of Bihar
Emergence of OBC Politics: Elections During 1990–95
Beginning of a Phase of New Political Alliances: Elections During
1996–99
Re-emergence of RJD: Elections of 2000
Change of Guard: Elections of 2005
Consolidation of Power by JD(U)-BJP Alliance: Elections of 2010
The Question of Development or Identity: Elections During
2014–15
Index
Sanjay Kumar is Professor and Director of Centre for the Study of
Developing Societies (CSDS) since 2014. His core area of research
is electoral politics, but he has also been engaged in research on
Indian youth, state of democracy, and slums of Delhi. He has
directed several national-level studies, most important being the
series of National Election Study (NES) conducted by Lokniti–CSDS
since 1996.
Earlier, he had authored Changing Electoral Politics in Delhi: From
Caste to Class; co-authored (with Peter Ronald de Souza and Sandeep
Shastri) Indian Youth in a Transforming World: Attitudes and
Perceptions; edited Indian Youth and Electoral Politics: An
Emerging Engagement; and co-edited (with Suhas Palshikar and Sanjay
Lodha) Electoral Politics in India: Resurgence of the Bharatiya
Janata Party and (with Christophe Jaffrelot) Rise of the Plebeians?
The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies. He has
contributed chapters in several edited volumes and research
journals and writes regularly for national newspapers. He is
also a known face on Indian television as an expert on elections.
The book focusses on electoral performance of parties and the
changes alliances have undergone after Mandal.
*Business Line, 16 April 2018*
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