When rebels become stakeholders democracy, agency and social change in India - Mitra, Subrata Kumar 1949- (Sage Publications India, 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index
Introduction: democracy and the puzzle of orderly social change -- The context of social change: interfacing society and state in India -- Continuity and change in Indian politics: an inter-generational analysis -- The elements of political agency and the limits of consensus -- Political competition, social cleavages and institutionalisation of the party system -- Re-inventing the nation: the dialectics of nation and region in India -- Poverty, welfare and social opportunity in India -- Building social capital from above and below: locality, region and trust in India -- India at sixty: social change and the resilience of democracy -- Beyond India: democracy and social change in comparative perspective
When Rebels Become Stakeholders: Democracy, Agency and Social Change in India explores the agency of ordinary men and women in the making of democratic social change in India. The study is specific to India, but the issues that it examines are of wider significance. The authors join the debate on democracy and development on the basis of case studies that showcase the opinions and attitudes of the Indian voter. They assert that mass perception of institutions, policies and processes-so often dismissed as mere false consciousness or as the conditioned reflex of a gullible public, manipulated by
Keywords: Geschichte 1971-2004; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Democracy; Social change; Demokratie; Politische Beteiligung; Sozialer Wandel; Social change -- India; Democracy -- India; Indien