State Formation and Radical Democracy in India
Desai, Manali
State Formation and Radical Democracy in India - Taylor & Francis 2007
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State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create better life chances. Going back to pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal, which like Kerala has been ruled by leftists but has not had the same degree of success in raising equal access to welfare, literacy, and basic subsistence. This comparison brings the role of left party formation and its mode of insertion in civil society to the fore, raising the question of what kinds of parties can effect the most substantive anti-poverty reforms within a vibrant democracy. This book offers a new, historically based explanation for Kerala’s post-independence political and economic direction.
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9780203967744 9780415407694;9780415651943;9781134133321;9781134133314;9781134133277
10.4324/9780203967744 doi
Regional studies
Development studies
Social classes
Ethnic studies
Political structures: democracy
International relations
lower caste princely travancore congress party narayana guru upper protest
State Formation and Radical Democracy in India - Taylor & Francis 2007
Open Access
State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create better life chances. Going back to pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal, which like Kerala has been ruled by leftists but has not had the same degree of success in raising equal access to welfare, literacy, and basic subsistence. This comparison brings the role of left party formation and its mode of insertion in civil society to the fore, raising the question of what kinds of parties can effect the most substantive anti-poverty reforms within a vibrant democracy. This book offers a new, historically based explanation for Kerala’s post-independence political and economic direction.
Creative Commons
English
9780203967744 9780415407694;9780415651943;9781134133321;9781134133314;9781134133277
10.4324/9780203967744 doi
Regional studies
Development studies
Social classes
Ethnic studies
Political structures: democracy
International relations
lower caste princely travancore congress party narayana guru upper protest