Politics of the poor :
Roy, Indrajit,
Politics of the poor : negotiating democracy in contemporary India / Indrajit Roy. - xix, 521 pages. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : against false binaries -- Poverty, democracy and political spaces -- From clientelism to citizenship? : the politics of supplications -- From moral vocabularies to languages of stateness? : the politics of applications -- From backwardness to improvement? : the politics of disputation -- From tradition to modernity? : the politics of identification -- Conclusion.
"Analyses the ways in which the poor engage with politics, highlighting the often contradictory and entangled means by which they advance their claims"--
9781107117181 (hardback)
2016013218
Poor--Political activity--India.
Democracy--Social aspects--India.
Marginality, Social--Political aspects--India.
Political participation--India.
320.954086942 ROY
Politics of the poor : negotiating democracy in contemporary India / Indrajit Roy. - xix, 521 pages. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : against false binaries -- Poverty, democracy and political spaces -- From clientelism to citizenship? : the politics of supplications -- From moral vocabularies to languages of stateness? : the politics of applications -- From backwardness to improvement? : the politics of disputation -- From tradition to modernity? : the politics of identification -- Conclusion.
"Analyses the ways in which the poor engage with politics, highlighting the often contradictory and entangled means by which they advance their claims"--
9781107117181 (hardback)
2016013218
Poor--Political activity--India.
Democracy--Social aspects--India.
Marginality, Social--Political aspects--India.
Political participation--India.
320.954086942 ROY