Power, patronage and politics: A study of two panchayat elections in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-352

  Dutta, Sujoy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

caste; class; clientelism; Corruption; panchayat s; pradhan; reservations; Uttar Pradesh

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CLASS; CLIENTELISM; CORRUPTION; ELECTION; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POWER RELATIONS;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84862067817     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2012.667364     Document Type: Article

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