Re-visiting policy and political behavior in India with a view of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

Forum for Development Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Price, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bjp; Congress party; Democracy; Elections; Identity politics; India; NREGA; Patronage

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ELITE POLITICS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; RURAL AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 79959368040     PISSN: 08039410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2011.564902     Document Type: Article

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