Hailing the State Indian Democracy between Elections

"In Hailing the State, Lisa Mitchell explores the methods of collective assembly that people in India use to hold elected officials and government administrators accountable, demand inclusion in decision making, and stage informal referendums. Mitchell traces the colonial and postcolonial linea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mitchell, Lisa, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press 2023.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hailing the state : collective assembly, democracy and representation
  • Sit-in demonstrations and hunger strikes : from Dharna as door-sitting to Dharna Chowk
  • Seeking audience : refusals to listen, "style," and the politics of recognition
  • Collective assembly and the "roar of the people" : corporeal forms of "making known" and the deliberative turn
  • The general strike : collective action at the other end of the commodity chain
  • Alarm chain pulling : the criminal and the political in the writing of history
  • Road and rail blockades : illiberal or participatory democracy?
  • Rallies, processions, and yatras : ticketless travel and the journey to "political arrival"
  • Of human chains and Guinness records : attention, recognition, and the fate of democracy amidst changing mediascapes.