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Rural politics in India : political stratification and governance in West Bengal / Dayabati Roy.
Van Pelt Library JQ379.5.A58 R39 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rāẏa, Daẏābatī.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Bengal (India)--Politics and government.
- West Bengal (India).
- Rural development--India--West Bengal.
- Rural development.
- India--West Bengal.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- x, 279 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Examines the everyday politics of rural India and tries to validate the analytical frameworks available for studying the social and political phenomena"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Land, development and politics in West Bengal
- Kalipur and Kadampur : changing landscape of two villages in West Bengal
- Seeing the state and governance in the grassroots
- Party and politics at the margin
- A narrative of peasant resistance : land, party and the state
- Caste and power in rural context
- Women and caste : in struggle and in governance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1107042356
- 9781107042353
- OCLC:
- 836748290
- Publisher Number:
- 99959117672
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