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Dalits in Neoliberal India
Mobility or Marginalisation?
Häftad, 2019
691 kr
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India‘s economic growth has brought opportunities for many but to what extent has it benefitted its ethnically-shaped underclass: the Dalits? Have Dalits fared better in a neoliberal India or have structural economic and social changes served to magnify Dalit disadvantage? This volume offers a …
South Asian Sovereignty
The Conundrum of Worldly Power
Av David Gilmartin, Pamela Price m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
667 kr
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This book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology, and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action …
Rise of the Plebeians?
The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies
Av Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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For decades, India has been a conservative democracy governed by the upper caste notables coming from the urban bourgeoisie, the landowning aristocracy and the intelligentsia. The democratisation of the ‘world’s largest democracy’ started with the rise of peasants’ parties and the politicisation of …
Emotions, Mobilisations and South Asian Politics
Av Amélie Blom, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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This book highlights the role of emotions in the contentious politics of modern South Asia. It brings new methodological, theoretical and empirical insights to the mutual constitution of emotions and mobilisations in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. As such, it addresses three distinct but related …
Rise of the Plebeians?
The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies
Av Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar
Inbunden, 2009
2510 kr
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For decades, India has been a conservative democracy governed by the upper caste notables coming from the urban bourgeoisie, the landowning aristocracy and the intelligentsia. The democratisation of the ‘world’s largest democracy’ started with the rise of peasants’ parties and the politicisation of …
Vernacularisation of Democracy
Politics, Caste and Religion in India
Inbunden, 2008
2510 kr
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The book is an ethnographic exploration of how ‘democracy’ takes social and cultural roots in India and in the process shapes the nature of popular politics. It centres on a historically marginalised caste who in recent years has become one of the most assertive and politically powerful communities …
Broadening and Deepening Democracy
Political Innovation in Karnataka
Inbunden, 2009
1520 kr
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This book examines certain changes in the political make-up of Karnataka, between the early 1970s and the late 1980s, which, in turn, led to the birth of a unique democracy in the state.In a departure from most studies on political science and political history which pay little or no attention to …
Retro-modern India
Forging the Low-caste Self
Inbunden, 2010
2510 kr
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Firmly situated within the analytics of the political economy of a north Indian province, this book explores self-fashioning in pursuit of the modern amongst low-caste Chamars. Challenging existing accounts of national modernity in the non-West, the book argues that subaltern classes shape their …
Power and Influence in India
Bosses, Lords and Captains
Av Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud
Inbunden, 2010
2510 kr
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Taking cognisance of the lack of studies on leadership in modern India, this book explores how leadership is practiced in the Indian context, examining this across varied domains — from rural settings and urban neighbourhoods to political parties and state governments.The importance of individual …
Politics of Caste in West Bengal
Av Uday Chandra, Geir Heierstad m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
846 kr
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This volume offers for the first time a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the making and maintenance of a modern caste society in colonial and postcolonial West Bengal in India. Drawing on cutting-edge multidisciplinary scholarship, it explains why caste continues to be neglected in the …
Criminal Capital
Violence, Corruption and Class in Industrial India
Häftad, 2017
822 kr
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Criminal Capital explores the relationship between neoliberalism, criminality and the reshaping of class in modern India. It discusses how the political vocabularies of urban industrial workers reflect the processes by which power is distributed across the region. Based upon field research among a …
Politics, Landlords and Islam in Pakistan
Häftad, 2017
822 kr
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This book offers unique insights into the changing nature of power and hierarchy in rural Pakistan from colonial times to present day. It shows how electoral politics and the erosion of traditional patron–client ties have not empowered the lower classes. The monograph highlights the persistence of …
South Asian Sovereignty
The Conundrum of Worldly Power
Av David Gilmartin, Pamela Price m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
785 kr
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This book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology, and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action …
South Asian Sovereignty
The Conundrum of Worldly Power
Av David Gilmartin, Pamela Price m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
785 kr
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This book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology, and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action …
Power and Influence in India
Bosses, Lords and Captains
Av Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud
E-bok, 2012
1074 kr
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Taking cognisance of the lack of studies on leadership in modern India, this book explores how leadership is practiced in the Indian context, examining this across varied domains — from rural settings and urban neighbourhoods to political parties and state governments.The importance of individual …
Power and Influence in India
Bosses, Lords and Captains
Av Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud
E-bok, 2012
1051 kr
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Taking cognisance of the lack of studies on leadership in modern India, this book explores how leadership is practiced in the Indian context, examining this across varied domains — from rural settings and urban neighbourhoods to political parties and state governments.The importance of individual …
Rise of the Plebeians?
The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies
Av Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar
E-bok, 2012
838 kr
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For decades, India has been a conservative democracy governed by the upper caste notables coming from the urban bourgeoisie, the landowning aristocracy and the intelligentsia. The democratisation of the ‘world’s largest democracy’ started with the rise of peasants’ parties and the politicisation of …
Rise of the Plebeians?
The Changing Face of the Indian Legislative Assemblies
Av Christophe Jaffrelot, Sanjay Kumar
E-bok, 2012
838 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For decades, India has been a conservative democracy governed by the upper caste notables coming from the urban bourgeoisie, the landowning aristocracy and the intelligentsia. The democratisation of the ‘world’s largest democracy’ started with the rise of peasants’ parties and the politicisation of …
Retro-modern India
Forging the Low-caste Self
E-bok, 2012
990 kr
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Firmly situated within the analytics of the political economy of a north Indian province, this book explores self-fashioning in pursuit of the modern amongst low-caste Chamars. Challenging existing accounts of national modernity in the non-West, the book argues that subaltern classes shape their …
Retro-modern India
Forging the Low-caste Self
E-bok, 2012
990 kr
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Firmly situated within the analytics of the political economy of a north Indian province, this book explores self-fashioning in pursuit of the modern amongst low-caste Chamars. Challenging existing accounts of national modernity in the non-West, the book argues that subaltern classes shape their …
Why India Votes?
Häftad, 2014
691 kr
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Why India Votes? offers a fascinating account of the Indian electorate through a series of comprehensive ethnographic explorations conducted across the country — Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It …
Dalits in Neoliberal India
Mobility or Marginalisation?
Inbunden, 2014
2510 kr
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India’s economic growth has brought opportunities for many but to what extent has it benefitted its ethnically-shaped underclass: the Dalits? Have Dalits fared better in a neoliberal India or have structural economic and social changes served to magnify Dalit disadvantage? This volume offers a …
Emotions, Mobilisations and South Asian Politics
Av Amélie Blom, Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book highlights the role of emotions in the contentious politics of modern South Asia. It brings new methodological, theoretical and empirical insights to the mutual constitution of emotions and mobilisations in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. As such, it addresses three distinct but related …
South Asian Sovereignty
The Conundrum of Worldly Power
Av David Gilmartin, Pamela Price m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
2353 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book brings ethnographies of everyday power and ritual into dialogue with intellectual studies of theology and political theory. It underscores the importance of academic collaboration between scholars of religion, anthropology, and history in uncovering the structures of thinking and action …
Vernacularisation of Democracy
Politics, Caste and Religion in India
Häftad, 2018
822 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The book is an ethnographic exploration of how ‘democracy’ takes social and cultural roots in India and in the process shapes the nature of popular politics. It centres on a historically marginalised caste who in recent years has become one of the most assertive and politically powerful communities …
Broadening and Deepening Democracy
Political Innovation in Karnataka
Häftad, 2018
545 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book examines certain changes in the political make-up of Karnataka, between the early 1970s and the late 1980s, which, in turn, led to the birth of a unique democracy in the state.In a departure from most studies on political science and political history which pay little or no attention to …
Retro-modern India
Forging the Low-caste Self
Häftad, 2018
851 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Firmly situated within the analytics of the political economy of a north Indian province, this book explores self-fashioning in pursuit of the modern amongst low-caste Chamars. Challenging existing accounts of national modernity in the non-West, the book argues that subaltern classes shape their …
Why India Votes?
Inbunden, 2017
3063 kr
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Why India Votes? offers a fascinating account of the Indian electorate through a series of comprehensive ethnographic explorations conducted across the country � Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It …
Power and Influence in India
Bosses, Lords and Captains
Av Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud
Häftad, 2016
909 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Taking cognisance of the lack of studies on leadership in modern India, this book explores how leadership is practiced in the Indian context, examining this across varied domains — from rural settings and urban neighbourhoods to political parties and state governments.The importance of individual …
Politics, Landlords and Islam in Pakistan
Inbunden, 2015
3063 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book offers unique insights into the changing nature of power and hierarchy in rural Pakistan from colonial times to present day. It shows how electoral politics and the erosion of traditional patron–client ties have not empowered the lower classes. The monograph highlights the persistence of …
