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- Summary
- "This book analyzes how the paradox of the poor often voting against their material interests emerged in India"--. "Social Services as Electoral Strategy in India Elite Parties, Poor Voters Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their privileged base. Tariq Thachil is an assistant professor in the department of political science and director of undergraduate studies on the South Asian studies council at Yale University. He also serves as a faculty associate at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 331 pages.
- Contents
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. An elite party's struggles with poor voters
- 3. Why rich and poor voters support an elite party in India
- 4. Why an elite party turned to service
- 5. How service wins votes
- 6. When service fails: the impact of rival strategies
- 7. The argument in comparative perspective
- 8. Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781107070080
- Label
- Elite parties, poor voters : how social services win votes in India
- Title
- Elite parties, poor voters
- Title remainder
- how social services win votes in India
- Statement of responsibility
- Tariq Thachil
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This book analyzes how the paradox of the poor often voting against their material interests emerged in India"--. "Social Services as Electoral Strategy in India Elite Parties, Poor Voters Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their privileged base. Tariq Thachil is an assistant professor in the department of political science and director of undergraduate studies on the South Asian studies council at Yale University. He also serves as a faculty associate at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies"--
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- Thachil, Tariq
- Dewey number
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- 324.954
- 361.954
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- illustrations
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- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
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- Political participation
- Marginality, Social
- Poor
- Social service
- Political parties
- Label
- Elite parties, poor voters : how social services win votes in India, Tariq Thachil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index
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- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. An elite party's struggles with poor voters -- 3. Why rich and poor voters support an elite party in India -- 4. Why an elite party turned to service -- 5. How service wins votes -- 6. When service fails: the impact of rival strategies -- 7. The argument in comparative perspective -- 8. Conclusion
- Control code
- FIEb17590875
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 331 pages.
- Isbn
- 9781107070080
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1088469113
- Label
- Elite parties, poor voters : how social services win votes in India, Tariq Thachil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. An elite party's struggles with poor voters -- 3. Why rich and poor voters support an elite party in India -- 4. Why an elite party turned to service -- 5. How service wins votes -- 6. When service fails: the impact of rival strategies -- 7. The argument in comparative perspective -- 8. Conclusion
- Control code
- FIEb17590875
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 331 pages.
- Isbn
- 9781107070080
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1088469113
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