Witsoe, Jeffrey,
Democracy against development : lower-caste politics and political modernity in postcolonial India / Jeffrey Witsoe. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013] - x, 243 pages ; 24 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-236) and index.
State formation, caste formation, and the emergence of a lower-caste politics -- Lalu Yadav's Bihar : an incomplete revolution -- Caste in the state : division and conflict within the Bihar government -- Caste, regional politics, and territoriality -- A multiple village : caste divisions, democratic practice, and territorialities -- A multiple caste : intra-caste divisions and the contradictions of development -- The fall of Lalu Yadav and the meaning of lower-caste politics.
9780226063164 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226063478 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2013008859
Caste--Political aspects--India--Bihar.
Bihar (India)--Politics and government.
DS422.C3 / W58 2013
305.560954123
Democracy against development : lower-caste politics and political modernity in postcolonial India / Jeffrey Witsoe. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013] - x, 243 pages ; 24 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-236) and index.
State formation, caste formation, and the emergence of a lower-caste politics -- Lalu Yadav's Bihar : an incomplete revolution -- Caste in the state : division and conflict within the Bihar government -- Caste, regional politics, and territoriality -- A multiple village : caste divisions, democratic practice, and territorialities -- A multiple caste : intra-caste divisions and the contradictions of development -- The fall of Lalu Yadav and the meaning of lower-caste politics.
9780226063164 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780226063478 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2013008859
Caste--Political aspects--India--Bihar.
Bihar (India)--Politics and government.
DS422.C3 / W58 2013
305.560954123