The Anti-Politics Machine in India : State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development.
This book assesses the validity of 'anti-politics' critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also s...
| Основен автор: | Chhotray, Vasudha. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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London :
Anthem Press,
2011.
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Anthem South Asian studies.
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Anti-Politics Machine in India : State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development. |
Съдържание:
- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: THE ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE IN INDIA; Politics within 'Anti-Politics'; Actors and Agencies; The Anti-Politics Machine and the Indian State; Decentralization and the State; A Brief History of Decentralization in India; State-Society Relationships in India; Towards a Nested Approach; Main Matter; Chapter One: THE IDEA OF 'ANTI-POLITICS'; The Machine that Depoliticizes; Where Anti-Politics Began; Conclusion; Chapter Two: THE INDIAN 'ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE'
- Is there an 'Anti-Politics Machine' in India?Colonial Rule and the Nature of Rationality; The Newly Independent State; The Unfolding of Indian Democracy; Conclusion; Chapter Three: THE ANTI-POLITICS WATERSHED MACHINE: THE MAKING OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA; Part I: State Power, Depoliticization and Watershed Development; Part II: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine; Conclusion; Chapter Four: TWO LANDSCAPES OF DECENTRALIZATION; Looking into the Watershed Machine; Decentralization under Naidu and Singh; Differences in Administrative Arrangements for Watershed Development.
- Regional Dimensions of DominanceDepoliticization and the Politics of Selection; Conclusion; Chapter Five: DEPOLITICIZING LOCAL INSTITUTIONS? PANCHAYATS AND WATERSHED COMMITTEES; Discourses, Agencies and the Micro-Politics of Local Bodies; Part I: The Kurnool Villages; Part II: Kishangarh; Part III: Neelpura; Conclusion; Chapter Six: THE DIALECTICS OF CONSENT IN PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE; Consent and Community; Consent and Community in Watershed Development; Part I: Consent and the Kurnool Watershed Office; Part II: An NGO and Consent; Conclusion; CONCLUSION.
- The Significance of Politics within the Anti-Politics MachineDecentralization and Depoliticization; Local Institutions and Agencies; Consent and Anti-Politics; Depoliticization and Progressive Politics; The Persistence of Anti-Politics?; End Matter; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter One. The Idea of 'Anti-Politics'; Chapter Two. The Indian 'Anti-Politics Machine'; Chapter Three. The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter Four. Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter Five. Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees.
- Chapter Six. The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory PracticeConclusion; REFERENCES; List of Websites; INDEX.