Forging power [electronic resource] : coalition politics in India / Bidyut Chakrabarty. Chakrabarty, Bidyut, 1958- Political parties India. Coalition governments India. JQ298.A1 324.254 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Presenting a study of coalition politics in India, this book argues that there has been a significant change from the post-independence one-party dominated polity. It also examines why coalition politics has become a dominant feature through renewed emphasis on questions of identity, dominant ideological dispositions, and regional preferences. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2006. c2006. 2006 Text 1 online resource (280 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195676761.001.0001 eng India Politics and government 1947- India. India.