ISBN:
9781478018766
,
9781478016120
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 300 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mitchell, Lisa, 1966- Hailing the state
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mitchell, Lisa Hailing the State
Keywords:
Democracy
;
Political participation
;
Elections
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
;
India Politics and government 21st century
;
Indien
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Politische Beteiligung
;
Demonstration
Abstract:
"In Hailing the State, Lisa Mitchell explores the methods of collective assembly that people in India use to hold elected officials and government administrators accountable, demand inclusion in decision making, and stage informal referendums. Mitchell traces the colonial and postcolonial lineages of collective forms of assembly, in which participants-rather than rejecting state authority-mobilize with expectations that officials will uphold the law and fulfill electoral promises. She shows how assembly, which ranges from sit-ins, hunger strikes, and demands for meetings with officials to massive general strikes and road and rail blockades, is fundamental to the functioning of democracy in India. These techniques are particularly useful for historically marginalized groups and others whose voices may not be easily heard. Moving beyond an exclusive focus on electoral processes, Mitchell argues that to understand democracy-both in India and beyond-we must also pay attention to what occurs between elections, thereby revising understanding of what is possible for democratic action around the world"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 265-286 und Index
