State formation and radical democracy in India /

Analyzing one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely Kerala in southern India, this book offers a new, historically based explanation for Kerala's post-independence political and economic direction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Desai, Manali, 1966-
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Routledge, 2006.
Series:	Asia's transformations.
Subjects:	Social change > India. India > Politics and government. Kerala (India) > Social policy. West Bengal (India) > Social policy. Inde > Politique et gouvernement. Kerala (Inde) > Politique sociale. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General. Politics and government Social change Social policy India India > Kerala India > West Bengal Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Old legacies, new protests: Welfare and left rule in democratic India; 2. The social bases of rule and rebellion: Colonial Kerala and Bengal, 1792-1930; 3. State formation and social movements: Colonial Kerala and Bengal compared, 1865-1930; 4. Political practices and leftascendancy in Kerala, 1920-47; 5. Structure, practices and weak left hegemony in Bengal, 1925-47; 6. Insurgent and electoral logics in policy regimes: Kerala and Bengal compared, 1947 to the present; Afterword; Notes.