00949pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001600040245007100056260000900127300001600136362001100152520045400163650004600617650003800663650002800701700001600729773003400745180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPaul, Manas  aEthnic tensions and democratic consensus: assembly elections, 2003  c2003  ap.1445-458.  a12 Apr  aAny analysis of representational politics in the state must acknowledge the impact and importance of ethnic polarisation in the state. The politicisation of ethnic identities impelled by sociological and economic imperatives has found new expression and methods of institutionalisation. This provides further opportunity for the fracturing of the fragile ethnic relations and severely restricts the emergence of a democratic consensus. - Reproduced.  aTripura. Legislative Assembly - Elections  aTripura - Politics and government  aPolitics and government  aDev, Rajesh  aEconomic and Political Weekly