TY - GEN TI - Voters, Institutions and Governance: A Theory and Evidence from the Indian Elections in 2004 T3 - Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics Y1 - 2007/// UR - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/7174/ ID - heidok7174 KW - indien KW - wahlen KW - wählenindia KW - elections KW - governance KW - voting A1 - Sarangi, Prakash N2 - This paper is a preliminary attempt to understand a simple puzzle about the Indian voter: Why does a voter vote for party X or Y in an election? What parameters does s/he use to evaluate parties and their policies? Or, does s/he look at the parties through the lenses of other cultural institutions? How does s/he calculate the payoff to the society and/or to herself/himself in this momentous action? This author was amazed by the absence any substantive studies on the subject. AV - public ER -