Rural politics in India : political stratification and governance in West Bengal / Dayabati Roy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rāẏa, Daẏābatī, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rural development--India--West Bengal.

Rural development.

West Bengal (India)--Politics and government.

West Bengal (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book discusses the forms and dynamics of political processes in rural India with a special emphasis on West Bengal, the nation's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal's political distinction stems from its long legacy of a Left-led coalition government for more than thirty years and its land reform initiatives. The book closely looks at how people from different castes, religions, and genders represent themselves in local governments, political parties, and in the social movements in West Bengal. At the same time it addresses some important questions: Is there any new pattern of politics emerging at the margins? How does this pattern of politics correspond with the current discourse of governance? Using ethnographic techniques, it claims to chart new territories by not only examining how rural people see the state, but also conceiving the context by comparing the available theoretical frameworks put forward to explain the political dynamics of rural India.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-89354-8

1-107-50128-8

1-107-51428-2

1-107-50398-1

1-107-51705-2

1-107-50665-4

1-107-32631-1

OCLC:

871223797