The Pakistani Voter, Electoral Politics and Voting Behaviour in the PunjabOxford University Press, 1999 - 341 pages A study of voting behaviour in Pakistan. Beginning by outlining Pakistan's electoral history, it then proceeds to analyze voting behaviour in Pakistan's most populous and politicaly powerful province: the Punjab. The book argues that the main underlying determinant of voting behaviour in the Punjab is voter perception of which candidate and party will be the most effective at delivering patronage. |
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Page 136
... party workers versus the new party workers , and the left versus the right . One of the most important divisions was along class lines , between PPP leaders with working class backgrounds and those from elite families . The highly ...
... party workers versus the new party workers , and the left versus the right . One of the most important divisions was along class lines , between PPP leaders with working class backgrounds and those from elite families . The highly ...
Page 137
... political parties were organized at the grassroots level , and if party office - bearers were elected rather than selected , it would reduce the power of the party leaders . This would also strengthen parties at the local level and ...
... political parties were organized at the grassroots level , and if party office - bearers were elected rather than selected , it would reduce the power of the party leaders . This would also strengthen parties at the local level and ...
Page 283
... leaders for not holding elections for party leadership positions is that this would be divisive . However , Haneef Ramay , the PPP's Speaker of the Punjab Provincial Assembly from 1993 to 1996 , has proposed that party elections be held ...
... leaders for not holding elections for party leadership positions is that this would be divisive . However , Haneef Ramay , the PPP's Speaker of the Punjab Provincial Assembly from 1993 to 1996 , has proposed that party elections be held ...
Contents
Pakistans Electoral History | 15 |
Punjabs Electoral Geography | 34 |
The UrbanRural Divide | 68 |
Copyright | |
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