Bijukumar, V. <br/><br/>
Developmental state and party politics in India: from consolidation to crisis 

 -  2004 
 - p.163-83. 
 - Jul-Dec 
<br/><br/> That the party system in India entered into a consolidation phase in the early decades of independence was due to the strength of the developmental state. When the legitimacy of the developmental state eroded in the 1990s (due to the unleashing of market forces), the party system in India entered into an era of confrontation and fragmentation. - Reproduced. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political parties - India<br/>Political parties