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8 - Dynasty and “paths to power”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
Anjali Thomas Bohlken
Edited by
Kanchan Chandra
Kanchan Chandra
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New York University
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Democratic Dynasties
State, Party and Family in Contemporary Indian Politics
 , pp. 238 - 264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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