Votebank
Votebank (also spelled vote-bank or vote bank), in the political discourse of
subnation
.
Etymology
The term was first used by noted Indian
electoral
influence of the caste leader. This is the usage that has since become popular.
Examples
Some of the first identified votebanks were along caste lines. Others based on other community characteristics, such as
Hindu nationalists
in complaints about special rights or privileges granted to non-Hindus in India. Other examples include:
- In 1989, the Badaga people of South India petitioned the Indian government to be recognized as an official tribe, demonstrating en masse on 15 May of that year to imply the strength of the Badaga votebank.[5]
- In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi acted against Shah Bano judgement under influence of Muslim conservatives.
Remedy
Some argue [who?] that the Votebank politics can be disabled by limiting the provisions of Tenth Schedule of Indian Constitution to a few critical issues.[citation needed]
See also
- Ethnocultural politics in the United States
- Client politics
- Clientelism
- Constituency
- Indian politics
- Identity politics
- Electoral system
- Political campaigning
- Social disintegration
- Blocks of Five
- Red states and blue states
References
Bibliography
- Bailey, F. G.(1959), Politics and Social Change, Berkeley: University of California Press
- Basu, Partha (2007), ""Brand Buddha" in India's West Bengal: The Left Reinvents Itself", Asian Survey, 47 (2): 288–306,
- Grillo, Ralph; Needham, Rodney (2000), "Obituary: M. N. Srinivas", Anthropology Today, 16 (1): 22, JSTOR 2678199
- Heidemann, Frank (2014), "Objectification and Social Aesthetics: Memoranda and the Celebration of "Badaga Day"", Asian Ethnology, 73 (1/2): 91–109,
- Katju, Manjari (2011), "The Understanding of Freedom in Hindutva", Social Scientist, 39 (3/4): 3–22
- Srinivas, M. N. (1955), "The Social System of a Mysore Village", in Marriott, McKim (ed.), Village India: studies in the little community, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 1–35
- Thapar, Romila (2013), "The Secular Mode for India", Social Scientist, 41 (11/12): 3–10
Further reading
Wikiquote has quotations related to Votebank.
- Shourie, Arun (2012). Falling over backwards: An essay on reservations and judicial populism. New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-9350293553
- Syed Ali Mujtaba, ‘Monolith India’ and the vote bank, Himal South Asian, 2004
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