State Formation and Radical Democracy in India

State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyses one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India, and asks whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create better life chances. G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Desai, Manali, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom : Taylor & Francis 2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Old legacies, new protests: Welfare and left rule in democratic India
  • chapter 2 The social bases of rule and rebellion: Colonial Kerala and Bengal, 1792-1930
  • chapter 3 State formation and social movements: Colonial Kerala and Bengal compared, 1865-1930
  • chapter 4 Political practices and left ascendancy in Kerala, 1920-47
  • chapter 5 Structure, practices and weak left hegemony in Bengal, 1925-47
  • chapter 6 Insurgent and electoral logics in policy regimes: Kerala and Bengal compared, 1947 to the present.