Bhattacharyya | Government as Practice | Buch | 978-1-107-10226-2 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: South Asia in the Social Sciences

Bhattacharyya

Government as Practice

Democratic Left in a Transforming India
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-10226-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Democratic Left in a Transforming India

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: South Asia in the Social Sciences

ISBN: 978-1-107-10226-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press


The democratic Left in India is in crisis. During the first decade of this century it slid from its highest parliamentary presence to virtual irrelevance. A key to its retrieval, this book argues, lies in its ability to imagine a new popular politics for reinventing its democratic credentials beyond electoral posturing. In this respect, much can be learnt from the Left's governmental practices as they have evolved since the late 1960s, crafting a unique blend of politics, policy, idealism, practicality, vision and delivery. By looking at the problematics of government from the days of deft land reforms to messy land acquisition, this book situates 'government as practice' as a prism for critical thinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India. Grounded in empirical and archival research, the book will be useful for those who are passionate as well as sceptical about the revival potentials of a new Left in India's fast-changing political economy.

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Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Inception: government as practice; 2. Consolidation: land reforms; 3. Agency: school teachers; 4. Machinery: party society; 5. Implosion: Singur, Nandigram; Appendix 1. The Left through elections; Appendix 2. Local governance and electability; Bibliography; Index.


Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan
Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya works at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was previously Professor of Political Science at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. A recipient of a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship, a Nehru Cambridge Trust Scholarship, a Churchill College Honorary Fellowship and a DAAD Fellowship, he has held visiting positions at Claremont University, USA; Massey University, New Zealand; and Gottingen University, Germany.



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