2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
An Analysis of Elections in India
| Project/Area Number |
15330028
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Politics
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| Research Institution | Senshu University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIROSE Takako Senshu University, School of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (20119431)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
INOUE Kyoko Daito Bunka University, Faculty of International Relations, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (70365857)
MIZUSHIMA Tsukasa University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and sociology, Professor, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (70126283)
MINAMINO Takeshi Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Graduate School of Education, Associate Professor, 学校教育研究科, 助教授 (20273815)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Keywords | India / Elections / democracy / coalition / GIS / Congress Party / BJP / regional parties |
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| Research Abstract |
The present project had two aims : to analyse the 14^<th> Lok Sabha (the Lower House) elections and to trace the changes of the socio-economic backgrounds of the Members of Parliament since 1977. The achievements are as follows.
1.The analysis of the 14^<th> Lok Sabha elections has been successfully completed. The book titled Indo Minshushugi no Henyou (The Transformation of Indian Democracy) was published in February, 2006, with 28 scholars dealing with each and every state plus three union territories and all the political parties with at least one seat. This volume, a third in the series of the election analyses starting with the 1998 elections, is not only more comprehensive, but it also pays more attention to the socio-economic conditions of each state.
2.The GIS method utilized for the election analyses has rendered the analysis more systematic.
3.The findings of the project have been presented both in Japan and outside.
(1)A panel was organised on "Indian Democracy and the 14^<th> Lok Sabha Elections," for the annual conference of the Japan Association of South Asian Studies on 1^<st> and 2^<nd> October, 2005.
(2)Takako Hirose presented a paper on "The Indian Democracy and the 14^<th> Lok Sabha Elections," at JNU, Delhi and ISAS in Singapore in March 2006.
4.The second part of the research is still incomplete. The data on all the Members of Parliament, their names, constituencies, political parties, previous occupations, educations, family backgrounds, etc. have been collected and inputted into the computer. However, the data are yet to be streamlined according to our frames of reference and presented in the GIS form. A couple of analytical and highly academic papers are scheduled to be completed within 18 months and published in an academic journal.
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