Political parties in South Asia

List of Tables List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction by Subrata K. Mitra and Mike Enskat The Indian National Congress: Problems of Survival and Reinvention by Harish Khare The Bharatiya Janata Party: Hindu Nationalism and the Compulsions of Pluralism by Partha S. Ghosh The Communist Party of India (Marxist): From the Rebellion to Governance by Harihar Bhattacharyya The Telugu Desam Party: The Dialectics of Regional Identity and National Politics by Prakash Sarangi The Muslim League: Decline of a National Party by Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema The Pakistan People's Party: The Twin Legacies of Socialism and Dynastic Rule by Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah The MQM of Pakistan: Between Political Party and Ethnic Movement by Mohammed Waseem The Bangladesh Nationalist Party: From Military Rule to the Champion of Democracy by Golam Hossaaine The Awami League: From Charismatic Leadership to Political Party by Gyasuddin Molla The United National Party of Sri Lanka: Reproducing Hegemony by Amita Shastri The Tamil United National Front: Ethnic Hegemony, Unitary State Democracy, and the Dilemma of a Minority Party by C. Yuvi Thangarajah The Nepali Congress: Party Agency and Nation-Building Process by Pancha N. Maharjan The Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist): Ideology at the Crossroads by Ganga Bahadur Thapa and Karl-Heinz Kraemer Epilogue: Rethinking Party Theory in the Light of South Asian Experience by Clemens Spiess A Note on the Contributors Bibliography