Rural Politics in India - Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal

The book intends to explain the forms and dynamics of political processes in rural India.

List of contents

List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Land, development and politics in West Bengal; 3. Changing landscape of two villages in West Bengal; 4. Seeing the state and governance in the grassroots; 5. Party and politics at the margin; 6. A narrative of peasant resistance: land, party and the state; 7. Caste and power in rural context; 8. Women and caste: in struggle and in governance; 9. Conclusion: a new kind of peasant mobilization?; Glossary; References; Index.

About the author

Dayabati Roy is an independent researcher. She completed her postdoctoral study at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests include rural politics, postcolonial theories, social movements and governmentality.

Summary

This book examines the everyday politics of rural India and analyses the frameworks available for studying different socio-political phenomena. It discusses changing dimensions of two mutually dependent domains of rural politics – the organized state and state-centric politics on the one hand, and the unorganized political culture on the other.

Product details

• Authors: Dacyaabatai Raacya, Dayabati Raya, Dayabati Roy, Dayabati (University of Copenhagen) Roy, Roy Dayabati
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107042353
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04235-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Rural communities, Regional, state and other local government