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Government as practice : democratic left in a transforming India /
This book situates 'government as practice' as a prism for critical thinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Delhi :
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | South Asia in the social sciences
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INCEPTION: GOVERNMENT AS PRACTICE; The making; Deepening government; Social government; Political government; Government as practice; Lineages of the 'crisis'; 'Retrieval' of the governmental left; Endnotes; 2. CONSOLIDATION: LAND REFORMS; Agrarian conditions; Landlord violence; Violations of law; Left promises; Political manoeuvring; Shifting priorities; Retrieving land; Recording barga; After reforms; Endnotes; 3. AGENCY: SCHOOL TEACHERS; Teachers as leaders; Organization above education; Political dependence.
- Grassroots transformationHierarchy and social distance; Bourdieu's diagnosis; Teachers' testimonies; Endnotes; 4. MACHINERY: PARTY SOCIETY; The idea; Political change; The crisis; Violations and violence; Superseding control; The aftermath; Endnotes; 5. IMPLOSION: SINGUR, NANDIGRAM; Troubled beginning; Two arguments; Common fallacies; Primitive accumulation; Capital's past?; One-off episode; Ongoing process; 'Passive revolution', India; Postcolonial economic; Universal/local; 'Different universal'; State of industry; Contestations; Seeds of protest; Intensification; Claims, counter-claims.
- Nandigram imbroglioDivided heads; Flawed analytics; Endnotes; APPENDIX I: THE LEFT THROUGH ELECTIONS; APPENDIX II: LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND ELECTABILITY; Endnotes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.