BJP's Emergence as Third Force in Orissa Ramashray Roy The BJP is emerging as a third force in Orissa politics. The Janata Dal will he unable to recoup its lost strength due to internal contradictions. Interestingly, the growing popularity of the BJP in Orissa was instrumental in not only cutting into the Janata Dal vote share hut also in the victory of the Congress.
Voting, Caste, Community, Society: Exploration in Aggregate Data Analysis in India and Bangladesh by Harry W Blair, Young Asia Publications, New Delhi 1979; pp 176, Rs 64.
Patterns of Political Instability A Study of the 1969 Mid-Term Elections Ramashray Roy The complex interaction between political processes, socio-economic conditions and public policies responsible for the decline in Congress dominance has by now been comparatively well documented. But it has not been explained why the electoral choice in certain States should continue to fail to bring about a more rational alignment of political forces necessary for the stabilisation of political regimes.
Sikh Minority Politics Ramashray Roy Minority Politics in the Punjab, by Baldev Raj Nayar; The Princeton University Press Princeton, 1966; price: $ 9.00, pages: 373 (including Bibliography and Index).
