The Congress Party of India : : The Dynamics of a One-Party Democracy / / Stanley A. Kochanek.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Kochanek, Stanley A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2005
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; PART I. THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE CONGRESS PRESIDENT --; I. The Period of Transition: 1946-1951 --; II. The Turning Point: 1950-1951 --; III. The Period of Centralization and Convergence: 1951-1963 --; IV. The Period of Divergence: 1963-1967 --; PART II: THE WORKING COMMITTEE --; V. The Composition of the Working Committee --; VI. The Working Committee: Behavior and Style --; VII. The Decision-Making Function: The Coordination of Party and Government --; VIII. The Decision-Making Function: The Establishment of All-India Policy --; IX. The Working Committee as Chief Executive of the Party --; X. The Parliamentary Board: The Coordination of Party-Government Relations in the States --; XI. The Working Committee and the Selection of Candidates: The Central Election Committee --; XII. The Changing Role of the Working Committee --; PART III: THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CONGRESS PARTY --; XIII. The Origin and Pre-Independence Development of the Congress Elite --; XIV. The Composition of the Mass Organization --; XV. The Composition of the Parliamentary Wing --; POSTSCRIPT --; XVI. The Loss of Hegemony --; APPENDICES --; Appendix I. The Structure and Composition of The National Decision-Making Organs of The Congress Party --; Appendix II. The Structure and Composition of The Field Organization of The Congress Party --; Appendix III. Constitution of The Indian National Congress --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400875764; 9783110649680; 9783110426847; 9783110413601; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400875764
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stanley A. Kochanek.

By tracing the path of the Congress Party's development since independence, the author demonstrates the reasons for its success. A postscript deals with the 1967 elections, regarded as a turning point in post-independence Indian politics.Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.