About the Book: How People Vote
How people vote in a liberal, open, competitive democracy is a big question in
two senses. First, as Indian voters make up one-sixth of the worlds total
electorate, their voting behavior considerably matters to the future of
representative democracy everywhere. Second, as India faces so many challenges
to its social, ideological and political cohesion, what people think about
voting is significant to how India will evolve in the future. Political
participation is central to the democratic system and civic literacy plays an
instrumental role in it. This volume examines the impact of civic literacy on
political participation, by studying voting behaviour