TY - BOOK AU - Banerjee, Mukulika TI - Why India votes? SN - 9781138019713 U1 - 306.20954 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - Routledge KW - Voting -- Social aspects -- India KW - Political sociology KW - Political psychology -- India KW - India -- Politics and government N2 - Why India Votes? offers a fascinating account of the Indian electorate through a series of comprehensive ethnographic explorations conducted across the country — Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It probes the motivations of ordinary voters, what they think about politicians, the electoral process, democracy and their own role within it. This book will be useful to scholars and students of political science, anthropology and sociology, those in media and politics, and those interested in elections and democracy as also the informed general reader. (https://www.routledge.com/Why-India-Votes/Banerjee/p/book/9781138019713) ER -