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Changing political field structure and modulations in democarcy consolidation
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Changing political field structure and modulations in democarcy consolidation
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India, 1947-1984
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Changing political field structure and modulations in democracy consolidation
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India, 1947-1984
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Singh
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Sourabh
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Sourabh Singh
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Paul
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Mische
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Ann
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Ann Mische
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2014
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In my research, I have empirically developed a theory regarding the relations among political structure, elite agency and democratization processes that overcomes the political structure/elite agency duality currently plaguing democracy consolidation studies. Using Bourdieu’s insights on the structure/agency relation to empirically examine the Nehruvian (1947-71) and Gandhian (1971-77) periods of Indian democracy, I show that the elite’s role in democratization processes is shaped by their political habitus, which in turn is structured by historically specific political structures. Furthermore, neither the elite’s political habitus nor the political structures that influence it are immune to change. Political structures are shaped by intraparty conflicts among the elite to establish their political authority. Since political structures change because of the changing state of conflict among the political elite, the milieu in which the elite’s political habitus is conditioned also changes. In the changing political milieu, the existent elite’s political sensibilities are reconfigured, and the sensibilities of the new generation of political elite, who have differing interests in democratization processes, become mature. I have developed my theory by extensively studying the writings (letters, articles, party reports, etc.) and biographies of late colonial and early postcolonial political elites, as well as by compiling an original dataset of all 4,000 parliamentarians elected to the seven parliamentary sessions held during the 1947-84 period. I personally computerized this dataset by drawing information from the Data Handbook on Elections in India and Who’s Who of the Indian Parliament. I have used network analysis methods and logistic regression modeling, as well as content analysis of the political elite’s writings and biographies, to illustrate the consequences for Indian democracy because of the changing relation between political structures and the political elite’s habitus.
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Sociology
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viii, 136 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Sourabh Singh
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India--Politics and government--1947-
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Democratization--India--History--20th century
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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