Thakurta, Paranjoy Guha

Divided we stand: India in a time of coalitions Paranjoy Guha Thakurta - Los Angeles: SAGE, 2007. - 524 p.

Introduction : India in a time of coalitions
UPA government : congress in coalition
Indian national congress : alive, but not quite kicking
The Bharatiya Janata Party : in search of the right strategy
Caste in stone: politics of the Hindi heartland --
Small is beautiful : rooted in region
Left parties : Communists or social democrats?
Friends in need : are coalitions inherently unstable?
Friends in deed : can coalitions govern effectively?
Illusion of consensus
Gazing at a crystal ball

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