Political parties and party systems

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Introduction - Ajay K Mehra Historical Development of the Party System in India - Ajay K Mehra Federalisation of India's Party System - Balveer Arora The Party System in Germany and Party Fragmentation in the European Union - Karl-Rudolf Korte Social, Cultural and Economic Dimensions of the Party System - Amit Prakash How Many Parties Are Too Many? - Pran Chopra The Electoral Framework, Process and Political Parties - Madhav Godbole Parties, Civil Society and the State in India - S K Chaube The Congress and the BJP - Partha S Ghosh Struggle for the Heartland The Third Front or the Third Force - Bidyut Chakrabarty A Political Maze or an Ideological Oasis? The Third Force - Muchkund Dubey As an Ideology and as a Reality The National Parties and the Regional Allies - Pradeep Kumar A Study in the Social-Political Dynamics The Regional Parties and Democracy - Suhas Palshikar Romantic Rendezvous or Localised Legitimation?