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Democracy Against Development
Jeffrey Witsoe
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Description for Democracy Against Development
Paperback. Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In this title, the author investigates this counternarrative. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 line drawing, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In Democracy against Development, Jeffrey Witsoe investigates this counternarrative, uncovering an antagonistic relationship between recent democratic mobilization and development-oriented governance in India. Witsoe looks at the history of colonialism in India and its role in both shaping modern caste identities and linking locally powerful caste groups to state institutions, which has effectively created a postcolonial patronage state. He then looks ... Read more
Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In Democracy against Development, Jeffrey Witsoe investigates this counternarrative, uncovering an antagonistic relationship between recent democratic mobilization and development-oriented governance in India. Witsoe looks at the history of colonialism in India and its role in both shaping modern caste identities and linking locally powerful caste groups to state institutions, which has effectively created a postcolonial patronage state. He then looks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226063478
SKU
V9780226063478
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About Jeffrey Witsoe
Jeffrey Witsoe is assistant professor of anthropology at Union College in Schenectady, NY.
Reviews for Democracy Against Development
"Democracy against Development realizes a lot of the promise of the new political anthropology of India. Jeffrey Witsoe's ethnographic focus ensures that the rich and diverse struggle over caste and its political forms can be revealed. He is able to show precisely how colonially structured caste, as identity and power, is reshaped in the working of Indian democracy." (Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, ... Read more