If You Can't Beat Them Join Them: Network Effects in Pre-Electoral Coalitions in India 1999-2014

• In Event: JSS SESSION: New Directions in the Electoral Politics of India

Brief Overview

Based on a new dataset of pre-electoral coalitions in India 1999-2014, I show that parties seek both vote-pooling benefits and legislative influence using indirect access to larger networks of allies.

Author

• Christiane Bjerglund Andersen, University College London