03103 am 22006493u 450 991034821960332120190329201047.01-134-13331-61-134-13332-41-280-65192-X97866106519240-203-96774-710.4324/9780203967744 (CKB)1000000000414745(EBL)356193(OCoLC)476180912(SSID)ssj0000250812(PQKBManifestationID)11194237(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250812(PQKBWorkID)10231868(PQKB)11459108(MiAaPQ)EBC356193(OCoLC)85771285(EXLCZ)99100000000041474520180331d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrState formation and radical democracy in India /by Manali DesaiLondon ;New York :Routledge,2007.1 online resource (199 p.)Routledge studies in Asia's transformationDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-65194-8 0-415-40769-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; NotesBibliographyIndexState 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 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, litRoutledge studies in Asia's transformations.Social changeIndiaIndiaPolitics and governmentKerala (India)Social policyBengal (India)Social policyElectronic books.Social change320.95409045Desai Manali1966,964221MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910348219603321State formation and radical democracy in India2186998UNINA