LEADER 05185nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910966948903321 005 20251116143156.0 010 $a1-134-89883-5 010 $a1-134-89884-3 010 $a1-280-32320-5 010 $a0-203-22168-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203221686 035 $a(CKB)111056485515278 035 $a(EBL)179868 035 $a(OCoLC)437082407 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225487 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187085 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225487 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10230722 035 $a(PQKB)11552855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179868 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179868 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10060583 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL32320 035 $a(OCoLC)252782758 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485515278 100 $a19920107d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPower, protest, and participation $elocal elites and the politics of development in India /$fSubrata K. Mitra 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1992 215 $a1 online resource (334 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-07840-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 290-306) and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aAn 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 Economy 327 $aSocial 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aINSTITUTIONAL 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 327 $aThe Field Strategy for Identifying Rural Netas 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zIndia 606 $aRural development$zIndia 606 $aPolitical participation$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1947- 615 0$aElite (Social sciences) 615 0$aRural development 615 0$aPolitical participation 676 $a305.5/2/0954 700 $aMitra$b Subrata Kumar$f1949-$0631171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966948903321 996 $aPower, protest, and participation$94496310 997 $aUNINA