Jean Alphonse BERNARD - Parties and Party System

Pouvoirs n°90 - L’Inde - septembre 1999 - p.89-109

Political parties, everywhere, fulfill two functions, distinct but related: to represent and to integrate the various demands of society, so as to let the executive govern the country according to its constitution. In India today, since the Congress Party lost its dominance (1989), parties have increased in clout and number, in response to the calling of castes and regions. The article presents a detailed survey of the present political landscape. In spite of an electoral law based on the first-past poll principle, the combination of a Westminster-type system with the patchwork of castes and regions characteristic of India has resulted in a lingering crisis of governance. India, like Europe, is carried along in an ongoing process of rapid change, from opposite premisses. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean Alphonse BERNARD, "Parties and Party System", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°90, 1999, p.89-1. Consulté le 02-06-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/Parties-and-Party-System.html