Anti-Politics Machine in India - State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development

Informationen zum Autor Vasudha Chhotray Klappentext This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics' critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Anti-Politics Machine in India; Chapter 1: The Idea of ‘Anti-Politics’; Chapter 2: The Indian ‘Anti-Politics Machine’; Chapter 3: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter 4: Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter 5: Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees; Chapter 6: The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory Practice; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vasudha Chhotray, Chhotray Vasudha
• Editore: Anthem Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2011
• EAN: 9780857287670
• ISBN: 978-0-85728-767-0
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Anthem South Asian Studies; Diversity and Plurality in South Asia
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, India, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Development Studies