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1 online resource. |
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South Asia in the social sciences
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South Asia in the social sciences.
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| Summary |
This book situates 'government as practice' as a prism for critical thinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INCEPTION: GOVERNMENT AS PRACTICE; The making; Deepening government; Social government; Political government; Government as practice; Lineages of the 'crisis'; 'Retrieval' of the governmental left; Endnotes; 2. CONSOLIDATION: LAND REFORMS; Agrarian conditions; Landlord violence; Violations of law; Left promises; Political manoeuvring; Shifting priorities; Retrieving land; Recording barga; After reforms; Endnotes; 3. AGENCY: SCHOOL TEACHERS; Teachers as leaders; Organization above education; Political dependence. |
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Grassroots transformationHierarchy and social distance; Bourdieu's diagnosis; Teachers' testimonies; Endnotes; 4. MACHINERY: PARTY SOCIETY; The idea; Political change; The crisis; Violations and violence; Superseding control; The aftermath; Endnotes; 5. IMPLOSION: SINGUR, NANDIGRAM; Troubled beginning; Two arguments; Common fallacies; Primitive accumulation; Capital's past?; One-off episode; Ongoing process; 'Passive revolution', India; Postcolonial economic; Universal/local; 'Different universal'; State of industry; Contestations; Seeds of protest; Intensification; Claims, counter-claims. |
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Nandigram imbroglioDivided heads; Flawed analytics; Endnotes; APPENDIX I: THE LEFT THROUGH ELECTIONS; APPENDIX II: LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND ELECTABILITY; Endnotes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
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Right and left (Political science) -- India -- West Bengal.
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Right and left (Political science) |
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India -- West Bengal. |
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Democracy -- India -- West Bengal.
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Democracy. |
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West Bengal (India) -- Politics and government.
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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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Politics and government. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107102262 110710226X (DLC) 2015016416 (OCoLC)910475529 |
| ISBN |
9781316182529 (electronic book) |
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1316182525 (electronic book) |
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9781316596470 (electronic book) |
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1316596478 (electronic book) |
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9781107102262 |
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110710226X |
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