05169oam 2200697I 450 991077981660332120230207222901.01-134-89883-51-134-89884-31-280-32320-50-203-22168-010.4324/9780203221686 (CKB)111056485515278(EBL)179868(OCoLC)437082407(SSID)ssj0000225487(PQKBManifestationID)11187085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225487(PQKBWorkID)10230722(PQKB)11552855(MiAaPQ)EBC179868(Au-PeEL)EBL179868(CaPaEBR)ebr10060583(CaONFJC)MIL32320(OCoLC)252782758(EXLCZ)9911105648551527820180331d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPower, protest, and participation local elites and the politics of development in India /Subrata K. MitraLondon ;New York :Routledge,1992.1 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-07840-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-306) and index.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 ActionAn 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; Dhenkanal District; The Demographic Characteristics; The EconomySocial 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 DEVELOPMENTThe 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; ConclusionINSTITUTIONAL 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 ContextThe Field Strategy for Identifying Rural NetasThe 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.Elite (Social sciences)IndiaRural developmentIndiaPolitical participationIndiaIndiaPolitics and government1947-Elite (Social sciences)Rural developmentPolitical participation305.5/2/0954Mitra Subrata Kumar1949,1468722MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779816603321Power, protest, and participation3680046UNINA