{"product_id":"politics-of-the-poor-negotiating-democracy-in-contemporary-india-hardback-9781107117181","title":"Politics of the Poor; Negotiating Democracy in Contemporary India (Hardback) 9781107117181","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitics of the Poor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNegotiating Democracy in Contemporary India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBased on diverse sorts of data and fieldwork in India, this book analyses how the poor participate in a democracy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIndrajit Roy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107117181, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e538 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm, 0.82 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book challenges the ongoing scholarly debates on poor people's negotiations with democracy. It demonstrates the varied ways in which the poor engage with their elected representatives, political mediators and dominant classes in order to advance their claims. Roy explains the variations by directing attention to the dynamic interaction between the opportunity structures available to the poor and the social relations of power in which they are embedded. He analyses these intersections as 'political spaces' which both enable and constrain popular practices. Through examination of the 'political spaces' available to the poor in four different localities, Roy outlines a new analytic framework to understanding poor people's politics. Based on these observations, the book makes a strong case for an approach to democracy that appreciates people's ambivalences towards democracy. Roy urges researchers of democracy to step beyond either enthusiastic narratives - the inevitability of democracy or apocalyptic accounts of democracy's impending death.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables, maps and charts\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: against false binaries\u003cbr\u003e 1. The perspectives of the study: towards an Agonistics of democracy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Political spaces: institutional opportunity structures\u003cbr\u003e 3. Political spaces: social relations of power\u003cbr\u003e 4. From clientelism to citizenship?: The politics of supplications\u003cbr\u003e 5. From moral vocabularies to languages of stateness?: The politics of demands\u003cbr\u003e 6. From backwardness to improvement?: The politics of disputation\u003cbr\u003e 7. From tradition to modernity?: The politics of imagination\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the politics of the poor: agonistic negotiations with democracy\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 1: the dramatis personae\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 2: the census survey\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 3: the Multidimensional Poverty Index\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 4: Schedule for BPL Census 2002\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 5: Schedule for BPL Census 2002 West Bengal\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 6: BPL Cutoff List for West Bengal\u003cbr\u003e Annexure 7: Bihar Mahadalit Vikas Mission Mandate\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political structures: democracy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structures: democracy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structures:%20democracy%20%5BJPHV%5D%22\"\u003eJPHV\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e], Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004773093656,"sku":"9781107117181","price":88.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107117181i_86c56938-74ab-45bb-9c43-faf51174f78e.jpg?v=1696793429","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/politics-of-the-poor-negotiating-democracy-in-contemporary-india-hardback-9781107117181","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}