Elite parties, poor voters: how social services win votes in india
Auteur :
Thachil, Tariq
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107678446
Date de publication :
4 août 2016
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
550 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy.