State Formation and Radical Democracy in India

ISBN-13: 9780415651943 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 208 str.

Manali Desai

Opis

This is an analysis of one of the important cases of developmental change in the 20th century, namely, Kerala in southern India, and addresses the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use representative democracy to create better life chances.

Spis treści

1. Old Legacies, New Protests  2. The Political-Economy of Rule and Rebellion  3. State Formation and Social Movements  4. Political Practices and Left Ascendancy in Kerala, 1920-1947  5. Structure, Practices and Weak Left Hegemony in Bengal, 1925-1947  6. Insurgent and Electoral Logics in Policy Regimes, Kerala and Bengal Compared, 1947-1991.  Afterword

O autorze

Desai, Manali