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Book SynopsisArgues that the rise of ethnic or identity politics - in the postcolonial world - is a consequence of techniques of governmental administration. Using examples from India, this book examines the different forms taken by the politics of the governed. It provides a perspective on the possibilities and limits of democracy in the postcolonial world.
Trade ReviewHis book offers some hope in the attempts made by disenfranchised people to formulate an effective politics that refashions aspects of modernity and the state to their own needs. -- Siddartha Deb The Nation This project signals a real turn in subaltern studies tradition of South Asian scholarship insofar as it pushes us to investigate political resistance as emergent out of, rather than operating outside of, the state. The Politics of the Governed makes new conversations possible, and for this alone, it is well worth reading. -- Genevieve Lakier South Asia News An applicable and inspiring text, with true imaginative power. -- Munir Fakher Eldin Arab Studies Journal A rich collection... The Politics of the Governed deserves a wide audience. -- Glyn Williams Cultural Geographies
Table of ContentsPreface The Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures 2001 The Nation in Heterogeneous Time Populations and Political Society The Politics of the Governed Global/Local: Before and After September 11 The Great Peace Battle Hymn The Contradictions of Secularism Are Indian Cities Becoming Bourgeois At Last? Bibliography
