The present volume is an endeavour to analyse the electoral behaviour in the post-1996 phase in Uttar Pradesh. It covers four elections held during this period that includes three Lok Sabha Elections of 1996, 1998 and 1999 and the State Assembly election of 1996. The role of caste-based social networks in mobilisation of the common electorate at the grassroots level has been highlighted in the volume. The stratification and its size among different caste groups ...
