PARTY SYSTEM AND FEDERAL SYSTEM
Introduction
- federalism requires presidential system
- parliamentary system is based on party system which distorts federalism
- India, there is no centre-state disputes, there is party to party dispute
- when same parties at centre and state, this is cooperative federalism, when different parties, it is bargaining federalism
- Prof. MP Singh: there are two axis of Indian political system
- Parliamentary axis
- federal axis
- parliamentary axis= strong centre
- federal axis= strong state
- when single party has majority in parliament, parliament axis is strong
- when coalition politics, federal axis is strong
- factors affecting federalism
- party system
- economic policy
- when neo-liberal, states will be stronger
- when welfare state, centre will be stronger.
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