Anti-Politics Machine in India

State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development

AvVasudha Chhotray

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Del i serien Anthem South Asian Studies

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Beskrivning

This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the new context provided by decentralization of state functioning where keeping politics out of development (development as the anti-politics machine) can no longer be taken for granted. The case of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory is used to illustrate the tensions between prescriptive development policy and a growing political democracy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-03-01
Mått:153 x 229 x 39 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Anthem South Asian Studies
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Anthem Press
ISBN:9780857287670

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Vasudha Chhotray is a lecturer in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Anti-Politics Machine in India; Chapter 1: The Idea of ‘Anti-Politics’; Chapter 2: The Indian ‘Anti-Politics Machine’; Chapter 3: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter 4: Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter 5: Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees; Chapter 6: The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory Practice; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index