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Seeing the State: Governance and Governmentality in India
Stuart Corbridge
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paperback. The book focuses on the relationship between the poor and the state in India. Series Editor(s): Breman, Jan; Hawthorn, G.P.; Jalal, Ayesha; Jeffery, Patricia; Kohli, Atul; Kumar, Dharma. Series: Contemporary South Asia. Num Pages: 334 pages, 16 tables. BIC Classification: JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state, and how are these engagements conducted? This book considers the Indian case where people's accounts, in particular in the countryside, are shaped by a series of encounters that are staged at the local level, and which are also informed by ideas that are circulated by the government and the broader development community. Drawing extensively on fieldwork conducted in eastern India and their broad range of expertise, the authors review a series of key debates in development studies on participation, good ... Read more
Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state, and how are these engagements conducted? This book considers the Indian case where people's accounts, in particular in the countryside, are shaped by a series of encounters that are staged at the local level, and which are also informed by ideas that are circulated by the government and the broader development community. Drawing extensively on fieldwork conducted in eastern India and their broad range of expertise, the authors review a series of key debates in development studies on participation, good ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary South Asia
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521542555
SKU
V9780521542555
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About Stuart Corbridge
Stuart Corbridge is Professor of Geography at the London School of Economics and at the University of Miami. His recent publications include Reinventing India (with John Harriss, 2000). Glyn Williams is Lecturer in Geography at Keele University. He is the co-editor of a collection of essays on South Asia in a Globalising World (2002). Manoj Srivastava is a Research Associate ... Read more
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