State Formation and Radical Democracy in India (Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations)

by Manali Desai (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $169.60

  Analyzes one of the important cases of developmental change in the 20th century, namely, Kerala in southern India, and addresses the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use representative democracy to create better life chances. This book takes a historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal.