| Description |
1 online resource |
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South Asia in the social sciences ; 4
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South Asia in the social sciences ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Politics of the Poor; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Maps, Figures and Charts; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Acronyms; INTRODUCTION: Against False Binaries; The problem; The research question; The arguments; The study setting; The plan of the book; Endnotes; 1. The Perspectives of the Study: Towards an Agonistics of Democracy; I; Perspectives of poverty: Residualist or relational; Poverty as oppression; Politics: Contests over power, meanings and identities; An agonistics of democracy; II; Poor people's politics: Early skeptics |
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The problem revisited: Negotiating the universal/particular conundrumPolitical spaces for negotiations: Opportunity structures and social relations; III; An ethnography of everyday negotiations; Endnotes; 2. Political Spaces: Institutional Opportunity Structures; I; A paradigmatic postcolonial democracy; India's unequal democracy: Perspectives on formal dimensions; India's unequal democracy: Perspectives on participatory dimensions; India's unequal democracy: Perspectives on social dimensions; II; Eastern India: Economic geography and social history; III |
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Bihar and West Bengal: A cursory political introductionThe inheritance of caste; The aftermath of Independence; Continuities and change in agrarian structure; The socialist challenge in Bihar; The communist challenge in West Bengal; Kisans, socialists and 'caste' politics: Bihar; Poverty in Bihar; Bhadraloks, communists and class politics: West Bengal; Poverty in West Bengal; Conclusion: Opportunity structures and the making of political space; Endnotes; 3. Political Spaces: Social Relations of Power; Social class: Labour and caste; Labour; Caste; Rahimpur: An incorporative political place |
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Social relations of production: An entrenched-poor coalition against the precariousSocial relations of distribution: A polity shaped by entrenched classes; The making of an incorporative political place; Sargana Ward 1: A populist political place; Social relations of production: A precarious-poor coalition against the entrenched; Social relations of distribution: A polity shaped by precarious classes; The making of a populist political place; Ditya: A differentiated political place; Social relations of production: The precarious classes against the labouring poor |
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Social relations of distribution: A polity controlled by precarious classesThe making of a differentiated political place; Roshanar Ward 5: A paternalistic political place; Social relations of production: An entrenched-precarious coalition against the poor; Social relations of distribution: A polity controlled by entrenched classes; The making of a paternalistic political place; Conclusion: Social relations of power and the making of political space; Endnotes; 4. From Clientelism to Citizenship?: The Politics of Supplications; I; Clientelism and citizenship |
| Summary |
Based on diverse sorts of data and fieldwork in India, this book analyses how the poor participate in a democracy. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Poor -- Political activity -- India.
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Democracy -- Social aspects -- India.
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Marginality, Social -- Political aspects -- India.
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Political participation -- India.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
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Democracy -- Social aspects |
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Marginality, Social -- Political aspects |
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Political participation |
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Poor -- Political activity |
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India https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmdx47cDXrRhBXHtbvPwC |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107117181 |
| ISBN |
9781316674345 (electronic bk.) |
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1316674347 (electronic bk.) |
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9781316338070 (ebook) |
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131633807X (ebook) |
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9781107117181 (hardback) |
