From Identity to Interests? Quantitative and Qualitative Explanations of Electoral Change in Rural and Urban India

该网络打算通过研究邦和地方选举，从数量和质量上比较印度城市和乡村的政治。它假设，选民正在从与身份有关的动机转向基于问题的动机-在城市，如果不是在村庄的话-而且当选代表-包括工作重点-不断变化的形象反映了一个正在进行的社会民主化进程，尽管地方王朝在发展，庇护制度也在恢复。该网络将使不同社会科学学科的研究人员进行对话，采用不同的方法来证明基于调查的方法和人种学方法在研究选举方面的互补性。

The network intends to compare politics in Indian cities and villages by studying state and local elections, quantitatively as well as qualitatively. It hypothesizes that the voters are moving from identity-related to issue-based motivations - in cities if not in villages - and that the changing profile of the elected representatives - including the MLAs - reflect an ongoing social democratization process in spite of the development of local dynasties and the resilience of patronage. The network will bring into conversation researchers in different social science disciplines,employing different methodologies to demonstrate the complementarity of survey-based and ethnographic approaches to studying elections.