Elite pluralism and class rule : political development in Maharashtra, India /

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Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology. Professor Lele insists that the politicians of Maharashtra sustain, however dispersed, a hegemonic class ru...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lele, Jayant
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1981.
Subjects:
Elite (Social sciences) > India > Maharashtra.
Social classes > India > Maharashtra.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Inde > Mahārāshtra.
Classes sociales > Inde > Mahārāshtra.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Elite (Social sciences)
Politics and government
Social classes
Elites.
Politieke ontwikkeling.
Maharashtra (India) > Politics and government.
India > Maharashtra
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 Introduction; 2 Kinship, Village, and the Maratha Hegemony; 3 Social Structure and Politicization; 4 Political Arenas and the Elite; 5 Democracy and Elite Interests: A Case Study; 6 Conclusion; APPENDIX: A Study of the Rural Political Process in Maharastra 1967-8; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NAME INDEX; GENERAL INDEX.

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