Democracy against development: lower-caste politics and political modernity in postcolonial India
Witsoe, Jeffrey
Edition: Delhi
₹ 1395.00
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Title in ENGLISH : In this book, the author investigates this counternarrative, uncovering an antagonistic relationship between recent democratic mobilization and development-oriented governace in India. The author looks at the history of colonialism in India and its role in both shaping modern caste identities and linking locally powerful caste groups to state institutions, which has effectively created a postcolonial patronage state. He then looks at the rise of lower-caste politics in one of India's poorest and most populous states, Bihar, showing how this increase in democratic participation has radically threatened the patronage state by systematically weakening its institutions and disrupting its development projects.
ISBN 13: 9789390430994
ISBN 10: 9390430992
Edition: Delhi
Year: 2021
Language: ENGLISH
Subject(s): Politics
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