Social Structure and Political Recruitment in India

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Political Process. 3. Lok Sabha Elections: An Overview. 4. Social Structure of Parliamentrians. 5. Recruitment Patterns of Women in Parliament: 1967-2009. Conclusion. Annexure. Bibliography. Index.

The present work, Social Structure and Political Recruitment in India, is the comprehensive analysis of social characteristics of members of Parliament elected to the Lok Sabha form Haryana since 1967. The socio-economic and political countours of the state have also been taken into consideration. It possesses an analytical description of social structure in terms of various castes, classes, level of literacy, family pattern and their representation in the Parliament.