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UNINA9910348219603321 |
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Autore |
Desai Manali <1966, > |
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State formation and radical democracy in India / / by Manali Desai |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2007 |
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1-134-13331-6 |
1-134-13332-4 |
1-280-65192-X |
9786610651924 |
0-203-96774-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in Asia's transformation |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social change - India |
Electronic books. |
India Politics and government |
Kerala (India) Social policy |
Bengal (India) Social policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Old legacies, new protests: Welfare and left rule in democratic India; 2. The social bases of rule and rebellion: Colonial Kerala and Bengal, 1792-1930; 3. State formation and social movements: Colonial Kerala and Bengal compared, 1865-1930; 4. Political practices and leftascendancy in Kerala, 1920-47; 5. Structure, practices and weak left hegemony in Bengal, 1925-47; 6. Insurgent and electoral logics in policy regimes: Kerala and Bengal compared, 1947 to the present; Afterword; Notes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create better life chances. Going back to |
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pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal, which like Kerala has been ruled by leftists but has not had the same degree of success in raising equal access to welfare, lit |
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