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Autore |
Mitra Subrata Kumar <1949, > |
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Titolo |
Power, protest, and participation : local elites and the politics of development in India / / Subrata K. Mitra |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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1-134-89883-5 |
1-134-89884-3 |
1-280-32320-5 |
0-203-22168-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (334 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Elite (Social sciences) - India |
Rural development - India |
Political participation - India |
India Politics and government 1947- |
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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 (p. 290-306) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Glossary; List of Illustrations; Preface; LOCAL ELITES AND THE POLITICS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; Putting Local Development in the Context of Social and Economic Change; Power, Protest and Legitimacy; The Political Universe of India's Rural Elites; The Region and Local Elites as Key Parameters of the Model of Development; An Alternative View of Local Elites as Socially Cohesive 'Dominant' Elites; Post-Independence Development Policy in India; The Social Consequences of Development; Protest Movements as an Alternative Form of Political Action |
An Interactive Model of Participation in DevelopmentThe Context of Research; Plan of the Book; THE REGIONAL CONTEXT: THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT; The Regional Government and Policy Environment as Elements of the National Development Grid; The Institutions Connected with Development at the District Level; Surat District: Historical Background and Institutional Facilities; The Historical Context; The Cooperative Movement; Social Services and Infrastructural Facilities; Politics and Social Mobility; |
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Dhenkanal District; The Demographic Characteristics; The Economy |
Social Services and Infrastructural FacilitiesThe Uncertain Legacy of the State People's Movement; Conclusion; THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN; The Personal and Social Attributes of Local Elites; Stratification below the District Level; Use of the Reputational Method for the Identification of the Interview Sample; Inherited Status and Acquired Power: The Sociodemographic Profile of the Sample; The Social Heterogeneity of Local Elites; Intergenerational Mobility; Organisational Affiliation and Elite Status; Conclusion; SETTING THE LOCAL AGENDA: THE PROBLEMS, PROGRESS AND AGENCY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT |
The Key Role of Local Elites as Opinion MakersThe Scope for Local Choice in Social and Economic Change; Room for Local Initiative; The Conceptualisation of Social and Economic Change; The Hierarchy of Problems; Solutions; The Effect of Social Class; A General Evaluation of Progress; Conclusion; THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL CONFLICT: UNEQUAL BENEFITS, RADICAL PROTEST AND SOCIAL COHESION; Economic Change and Local Conflict; Radicalisation of the Local Political Arena; The Social Correlates of Radicalism; Conflict and Cohesion in the Local Arena; Conclusion |
INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION AND RADICAL PROTEST: THE STATE, SOCIETY AND ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE IN THE MIDDLEThe Rational, Moral and Cultural Models of Action; Local Elites and the Development Environment; The Nature of Elite Initiative and Efficacy; Socio-structural and Political Factors in the Benefits of Development; The Relationship of Institutional Participation and Radical Protest; Conclusion; CONCLUSION: THE TWO FACES OF DEVELOPMENT: PROTEST AND PARTICIPATION IN INDIA; Order, Development and the Polarisation Thesis; Situating the Model in the Indian Context |
The Field Strategy for Identifying Rural Netas |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The attitudes of local elites - the hinge between Indian state and rural society - towards protest and participation in development. Illuminates arguments about the nature of the state as well as the development process. |
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