Democratic Dynasties : State, Party and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics

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Cover Half-title Title page Copyright information Epigraph Tabel of contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors List of acronyms Acknowledgments Prologue References 1 Democratic dynasties: state, party, and family in contemporary Indian politics 1 Dynasty and dynastic politics 2 Overview of dynastic MPs in Indian parliaments (2004-14) 3 Characteristics of India’s dynastic class 4 How dynastic MPs appeal to the electorate 5 The role of the state: giving family members an incentive to enter politics 6 The role of party organizations: giving family members tickets 7 The role of voters: supporting dynastic nominees 8 Implications of dynasties for democratic politics References 2 The ‘‘old regime’’ confronts democracy References Newspapers 3 A sign of backwardness? Where dynastic leaders are elected in India 1 Data 2 Categories used in this chapter 3 Where are dynastic politicians elected from? 4 The local rootedness of dynastic MPs 5 A rural-urban divide? 6 Poverty 7 Education 8 What is different about the royals? 9 Conclusions References 4 Dynasticism across Indian political parties 1 Party age 2 Internal autocracy and organization 3 Dynastic leadership succession 4 Putting the hypotheses together 5 Alternative explanations Size and geographic breadth Success Location Conclusion References 5 Women, dynasties, and democracy in India 1 Low representation, high dynasticism 2 The pervasive use of dynastic metaphors 3 Explaining low representation and high dynasticism 4 Differences between political parties 5 Implications of dynastic politics for women’s exercise of power and for Indian democracy 6 Conclusion References 6 Disadvantaged groups, reservation, and dynastic politics 1 Introduction 2 Dynasticism among SC/ST MPs: evidence and explanation SC dynasties ST dynasties What causes SC/ST dynasties? 3 A comparatively lower proportion of dynastic politicians Inequalities in dynasticism: the evidence A central explanation: the role of party advancement Explaining the lack of party advancement Reservation as an aggravating factor? 4 Implications for democracy In India References Books and Book Chapters Articles 7 Why ‘‘Forward Castes’’ have a dynastic advantage: intra-party politics and co-ethnic favoritism 1 Most parties in parliament are dominated by a single ethnic category 2 ‘‘Forward Caste’’-dominated parties are larger than subaltern-dominated parties 3 ‘‘Forward Caste’’ dominated parties favor co-ethnic dynasties 4 Subaltern-dominated parties favor ethnic outsider dynasties 5 Why the ticket-allocation process favors ‘‘Forward Caste’’ dynasties 6 Illustration: the politics of ticket distribution in the Congress party, the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party The Congress party The Samajwadi Party The Bahujan Samaj Party 7 Conclusion References 8 Dynasty and ‘‘paths to power’’ 1 Dynasty and political experience as paths to power Dynasty and level of government Dynasty and age Dynasty and education 2 Subaltern groups 3 Nature of family ties and political experience 4 Parties and paths to power 5 Why parties prefer dynasts: a discussion 6 Conclusion References Appendix: Dataset on dynasticism among Indian MPs 2004-14 1 Definition of dynastic ties 2 Coding procedure 3 Coding for additional attributes Index