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Democracy, Development, and the Countryside: Urban-Rural Struggles in India

By Ashutosh Varshney

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0521441536, 9780521441537, 0521646251, 9780521646253, 9780511609367
LCC
HN690.Z9 C6846 1995
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5776230 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Pages
229\229
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Социологические дисциплины;Социология политики

Description

What happens to the rural folk--to their power and economic well-being--when development takes place in a democratic framework? Focusing on India where, unlike most of the developing world, a democratic system has flourished for four decades, this book investigates how the rural sector uses its numbers in a democracy to further its economic and political interests. The book also argues that identities constitute a powerful constraint on the pursuit of economic interests.

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