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020			_a9781107326316 (ebook)
020			_z9781107042353 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJQ379.5.A58 _bR39 2014
082	0	0	_a320.8/4095414 _223
100	1		_aRoy, Dayabati, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aRural Politics in India : _bPolitical Stratification and Governance in West Bengal / _cDayabati Roy.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (288 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book discusses the forms and dynamics of political processes in rural India with a special emphasis on West Bengal, the nation's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal's political distinction stems from its long legacy of a Left-led coalition government for more than thirty years and its land reform initiatives. The book closely looks at how people from different castes, religions, and genders represent themselves in local governments, political parties, and in the social movements in West Bengal. At the same time it addresses some important questions: Is there any new pattern of politics emerging at the margins? How does this pattern of politics correspond with the current discourse of governance? Using ethnographic techniques, it claims to chart new territories by not only examining how rural people see the state, but also conceiving the context by comparing the available theoretical frameworks put forward to explain the political dynamics of rural India.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107042353
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107326316
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37065 _d37065