"Arts, Faculty of"@en . "Political Science, Department of"@en . "DSpace"@en . "UBCV"@en . "Nikolenyi, Csaba"@en . "2009-03-04T18:55:46Z"@en . "1994"@en . "Master of Arts - MA"@en . "University of British Columbia"@en . "Rajiv Gandhi's violent death in May 1991 signalled the end of\r\nan entire era for the Congress Party: the long-lasting rule of the\r\ndynasty was over. Subsequent developments in the party have raised\r\nthe question of change versus continuity. Has the end of the\r\ndynasty led to the birth of a new Congress, or will the dynastic\r\nparty structures and organizational features continue into the\r\npost-Gandhi period? The argument that I will be advancing\r\nthroughout the thesis is that structural continuity has\r\ncharacterized the organizational order of the party in its postdynastic\r\nperiod. The most obvious indicators of this continuity are\r\nthat the party continues to be a deinstitutionalized, loosely\r\nstructured coglomerate of political bosses with varying bases of\r\nsupport; the party remains paralyzed by factionalism at all levels,\r\nyet it escapes splits and schisms; and the Congress Prime Minister\r\ncontinues to be at the apex of the decision-making pyramid.\r\nThe important question for political scientists to answer is\r\nwhy continuity has taken precedence over drastic change. I shall\r\nmaintain that structural continuity in the party's organizational\r\norder has come about primarily as a result of environmental\r\npressures exerted by the turbulence in the party system that was\r\nundergoing a fundamental transformation. The Indian party system\r\nchanged from a predominant into a more competitive one in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the election results for 1989-91 period\r\nsuggest. Under this environmental condition, it has been the\r\nrequirement of organizational survival amidst external change that\r\nboth necessitated and facilitated the continuation of the old order\r\nin the party."@en . "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/5483?expand=metadata"@en . "5525398 bytes"@en . "application/pdf"@en . "THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY AFTER THE DYNASTY by CSABA NIKOLENYI B.A., Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1993 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Department of Political Science) We accept this thesis as conforming \"to the requj,xg^ standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA September 1994 (c) Csaba Nikolenyi, 1994 In presenting this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make it freely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of my department or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying or publication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my written permission. (Signature) Department of ?o(Vfl\"c^l ^C.i "Thesis/Dissertation"@en . "1994-11"@en . "10.14288/1.0087691"@en . "eng"@en . "Political Science"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "University of British Columbia"@en . "For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use."@en . "Graduate"@en . "The Indian National Congress Party after the dynasty"@en . "Text"@en . "http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5483"@en .