
Government as Practice
Democratic Left in a Transforming India
Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Will be published approx. on 8. January 2016
Book
Hardback
290 pages
978-1-107-10226-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-10226-2 (9781107102262)
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01/2016
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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.
Content
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.