ABSTRACT Possible explanations are discussed in this article for the paucity of studies regarding political leadership, especially at the state level, in a well-functioning electoral democracy such as India with many parties and leaders. The article argues that such studies can be useful in making sense of the political and economic changes/shifts and developments of a particular state over a period that may have national impact. The article further argues that there has been a perceptible shift not only in terms of social composition but also in the “language” of politics used by the emergent generation of political leaders cutting across the party lines. The change has coincided with the rise of state-level parties and leaders in the post-Congress era followed by the ascendance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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印度邦一级的政治领导：连续性和变化

摘要 本文讨论了关于政治领导的研究缺乏的可能解释，特别是在国家层面，在一个运作良好的选举民主国家，例如印度，有许多政党和领导人。文章认为，此类研究有助于理解特定国家在可能对国家产生影响的时期内的政治和经济变化/转变和发展。文章进一步认为，不仅在社会构成方面，而且在跨越党派界限的新兴一代政治领导人使用的政治“语言”方面，都发生了明显的变化。这一变化恰逢后国会时代国家级政党和领导人的崛起以及印度人民党（BJP）的崛起。