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1 online resource (xxxviii, 263 pages) |
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monochrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252). |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 rule. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Maharashtra (India) -- Politics and government.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- India -- Maharashtra.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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India -- Maharashtra. |
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Social classes -- India -- Maharashtra.
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Social classes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lele, Jayant. Elite pluralism and class rule. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1981 (DLC) 78021167 (OCoLC)4495014 |
| ISBN |
9781487586157 (electronic book) |
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1487586159 (electronic book) |
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0802054404 |
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9780802054401 |
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9781487587116 |
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