Tariq Thachil, Elite Parties, Poor Voters: How Social Services Win Votes in India (Cambridge University Press, 2014).
Tariq Thachil poses a seemingly paradoxical question: why do poor voters choose parties that are ideologically and materially aligned with elites? Through case studies in India, Thachil shows that the key lies in the social service networks managed by party-affiliated organizations at the grassroots level.
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