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Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In this title, the author investigates this counternarrative.

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"Democracy against Development realizes a lot of the promise of the new political anthropology of India. Jeffrey Witsoe's ethnographic focus ensures that the rich and diverse struggle over caste and its political forms can be revealed. He is able to show precisely how colonially structured caste, as identity and power, is reshaped in the working of Indian democracy." (Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University)"

Democracy against Development

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 5 November 2013
      ISBN-13 9780226063478
      978-0226063478
      ISBN-10 022606347X
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      Democracy

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      Book Synopsis
      Hidden behind the much-touted success story of India's emergence as an economic superpower is another, far more complex narrative of the nation's recent history, one in which economic development is frequently countered by profoundly unsettling, and often violent, political movements. In this title, the author investigates this counternarrative.

      Trade Review
      "Democracy against Development realizes a lot of the promise of the new political anthropology of India. Jeffrey Witsoe's ethnographic focus ensures that the rich and diverse struggle over caste and its political forms can be revealed. He is able to show precisely how colonially structured caste, as identity and power, is reshaped in the working of Indian democracy." (Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University)"

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