TY - BOOK AU - Hasan,Zoya TI - Parties and party politics in India SN - 0195655966 U1 - 324.254 PY - 2002/// CY - New Delhi , New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Political parties N1 - Includes indexes N2 - This volume presents a collection of articles on the politics and party system in India, starting with the Congress system, the other national parties and the regional parties. Parties have also been discussed from the standpoint of the interplay of caste, class and communal and regional politics and their impact on the changing nature of Indian politics. The editor's introduction contextualizes the debates around each issue and demarcates the range of positions that have emerged ER -