TY  - BOOK
AU  - Suhas Palshikar
AU  - Suhas Palshikar, Ed.
AU  - Rajeshwari Deshpande, Ed.
TI  - The last fortress of  congress dominance: Maharashtra since the 1990s
T2  - Sage series on politics in Indian states
SN  - 9789353886790
U1  - 352.054792 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Sage
KW  - India--Maharashtra
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Local elections
KW  - Politics and government--Research
N2  - Focused mainly on Maharashtra’s politics since the 1990s, The Last Fortress of Congress Dominance also provides its readers a clear view of the historical context and the socio-political forces that have dominated the state since the 1950s. The politics of Maharashtra has been woven around two key factors: the Congress party and the Marathas. Attempts by the Shiv Sena and the BJP to emerge as alternatives to the Congress have had only limited success so far. As the state politics witnesses the transition into a new party system, the book presents a detailed study  on the party system of Maharashtra and situates the analysis in the broader context of crisis of the Marathas and the many distortions of the state’s political economy.
ER  -