LEADER 03103 am 22006493u 450 001 9910348219603321 005 20190329201047.0 010 $a1-134-13331-6 010 $a1-134-13332-4 010 $a1-280-65192-X 010 $a9786610651924 010 $a0-203-96774-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203967744 035 $a(CKB)1000000000414745 035 $a(EBL)356193 035 $a(OCoLC)476180912 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250812 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194237 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250812 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231868 035 $a(PQKB)11459108 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC356193 035 $a(OCoLC)85771285 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000414745 100 $a20180331d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aState formation and radical democracy in India /$fby Manali Desai 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in Asia's transformation 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65194-8 311 $a0-415-40769-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 $aState Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create better life chances. Going back to pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal, which like Kerala has been ruled by leftists but has not had the same degree of success in raising equal access to welfare, lit 410 0$aRoutledge studies in Asia's transformations. 606 $aSocial change$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government 607 $aKerala (India)$xSocial policy 607 $aBengal (India)$xSocial policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial change 676 $a320.95409045 700 $aDesai$b Manali$f1966,$0964221 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910348219603321 996 $aState formation and radical democracy in India$92186998 997 $aUNINA