Adivasis and the State - Subalternity and Citizenship in India''s Bhil Heartland

This work deciphers how subalternity is both constituted and contested through state-society relations in India's Bhil heartland.

List of contents

List of figures and tables; Glossary of Hindi terms; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Subalternity: 2. 'So much fear was inside us': everyday tyranny in the Bhil heartland; 3. 'Quiet and obedient cultivators': colonial state space and the origins of everyday tyranny; 4. 'You are now the masters of the country': negotiations and consolidations; Part II. Citizenship: 5. 'The fears have gone away': making oppositional local rationalities; 6. 'We are the ones who make the Sarkar': law, civil society and citizenship in subaltern politics; 7. 'They have weakened us': deciphering the politics of coercion; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Alf Gunvald Nilsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development and Planning at the Universitet i Agder, Norway.

Summary

This work deciphers how subalternity is both constituted and contested through state-society relations in India's Bhil heartland. At the core of the book lies a concern with understanding the dialectics of power and resistance that give form and direction to the political economy of democracy and development in contemporary India.

Product details

• Authors: Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Alf Gunvald (Universitet I Agder Nilsen, Alf Gunvald (Universitetet I Agder Nilsen, Nilsen Alf Gunvald
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108496537
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49653-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien; South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Sociology, Asia, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Civil rights & citizenship, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Civics and citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General