The Backstage of Democracy: India's Election Campaigns and the People Who Manage Them
Author:   Amogh Sharma (University in Oxford, England)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009423984


Pages:   380
Publication Date:   09 January 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Amogh Sharma (University in Oxford, England)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.661kg
ISBN:  

9781009423984


ISBN 10:   1009423983
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   09 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Preface & Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: Situating the Backstage of India's Democracy; 2. A Causal Framework for Professionalisation of Politics; 3. A Brief History of Electioneering; 4. 'Computer Boys' and 'Big Data' in the Indian National Congress; 5. Reluctant Professionalisation in the Bharatiya Janata Party; 6. The Rise of Political Consultants in India; 7. The Everyday Life of Political Consulting Firms; 8. Conclusion; Appendix: I-PAC Core Team Members' Dataset – A Methodological Note; Bibliography; Index.

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Amogh Dhar Sharma is an Economic and Social Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford. He has previously worked as a Departmental Lecturer in Modern South Asia Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and as a Stipendiary Lecturer in Politics at the Queen's College, Oxford. His research interests include comparative politics, political communication, and the political economy of development in South Asia.

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