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The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World
Partha Chatterjee
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Paperback. Argues that the rise of ethnic or identity politics - in the postcolonial world - is a consequence of techniques of governmental administration. Using examples from India, this book examines the different forms taken by the politics of the governed. It provides a perspective on the possibilities and limits of democracy in the postcolonial world. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
Often dismissed as the rumblings of "the street," popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Partha Chatterjee. The rise of mass politics all over the world in the twentieth century led to the development of new techniques of governing population groups. On the one hand, the idea of popular sovereignty has gained wide acceptance. On the other hand, the proliferation of security and welfare technologies has created modern governmental bodies that administer populations, but do not provide citizens with an arena for democratic deliberation. Under these conditions, democracy is no longer government of, by, and ... Read more
Often dismissed as the rumblings of "the street," popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Partha Chatterjee. The rise of mass politics all over the world in the twentieth century led to the development of new techniques of governing population groups. On the one hand, the idea of popular sovereignty has gained wide acceptance. On the other hand, the proliferation of security and welfare technologies has created modern governmental bodies that administer populations, but do not provide citizens with an arena for democratic deliberation. Under these conditions, democracy is no longer government of, by, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231130639
SKU
V9780231130639
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About Partha Chatterjee
Partha Chatterjee is director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, and visiting professor of anthropology at Columbia University.
Reviews for The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World
His book offers some hope in the attempts made by disenfranchised people to formulate an effective politics that refashions aspects of modernity and the state to their own needs.
Siddartha Deb The Nation This project signals a real turn in subaltern studies tradition of South Asian scholarship insofar as it pushes us to investigate political resistance as emergent out ... Read more
Siddartha Deb The Nation This project signals a real turn in subaltern studies tradition of South Asian scholarship insofar as it pushes us to investigate political resistance as emergent out ... Read more