ISBN:
9781316338070
,
9781107117181
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 521 Seiten)
Series Statement:
South Asia in the social sciences
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Roy, Indrajit Politics of the poor
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Roy, Indrajit Politics of the poor
DDC:
320.954086/942
Keywords:
Armut
;
Armutsbekämpfung
;
Politische Partizipation
;
Indien
;
Poor Political activity
;
Democracy Social aspects
;
Marginality, Social Political aspects
;
Political participation
;
Poor ; Political activity ; India
;
Democracy ; Social aspects ; India
;
Marginality, Social ; Political aspects ; India
;
Political participation ; India
;
Indien
;
Armut
;
Politische Beteiligung
Abstract:
This book challenges the ongoing scholarly debates on poor people's negotiations with democracy. It demonstrates the varied ways in which the poor engage with their elected representatives, political mediators and dominant classes in order to advance their claims. Roy explains the variations by directing attention to the dynamic interaction between the opportunity structures available to the poor and the social relations of power in which they are embedded. He analyses these intersections as 'political spaces' which both enable and constrain popular practices. Through examination of the 'political spaces' available to the poor in four different localities, Roy outlines a new analytic framework to understanding poor people's politics. Based on these observations, the book makes a strong case for an approach to democracy that appreciates people's ambivalences towards democracy. Roy urges researchers of democracy to step beyond either enthusiastic narratives - the inevitability of democracy or apocalyptic accounts of democracy's impending death.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Aug 2019)
DOI:
10.1017/9781316338070
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