Politics In The Rural Society

Author : Dayabati Roy,Daẏābatī Rāẏa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107042353

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Rural Politics in India by Dayabati Roy,Daẏābatī Rāẏa Pdf

This book discusses the forms and dynamics of political processes in rural India with a special emphasis on West Bengal, the nation's fourth-most populous state. West Bengal's political distinction stems from its long legacy of a Left-led coalition government for more than thirty years and its land reform initiatives. The book closely looks at how people from different castes, religions, and genders represent themselves in local governments, political parties, and in the social movements in West Bengal. At the same time it addresses some important questions: Is there any new pattern of politics emerging at the margins? How does this pattern of politics correspond with the current discourse of governance? Using ethnographic techniques, it claims to chart new territories by not only examining how rural people see the state, but also conceiving the context by comparing the available theoretical frameworks put forward to explain the political dynamics of rural India.

Author : Michael Winter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134892044

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Rural Politics by Michael Winter Pdf

The rural areas of Britain, Europe and the developed world are undergoing massive changes, with increasing concern about productivity, agricultural methods and environmental policy. Rural Politics examines the issues affecting rural areas, such as water pollution, forestry, and the greening of agricultural policy. It looks in particular at the political parameters to these issues and how concern for the countryside is essentially a part of a wider set of political processes. Rural Politics provides a much needed examination of the evolution and content of policies affecting today's countryside, both in terms of major land uses and economic and social development.

Author : David L. Brown,Kai A. Schafft
Publisher : Polity
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780745641287

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Rural People and Communities in the 21st Century by David L. Brown,Kai A. Schafft Pdf

Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic and environmental roles at a time in which societies are rapidly urbanizing, and the identities of local places are increasingly subsumed by flows of people, information and economic activity across global spaces. However, while the organization of rural life has been fundamentally transformed by institutional and social changes that have occurred since the mid-twentieth century, rural people and communities have proved resilient in the face of these transformations. This book examines the causes and consequences of major social and economic changes affecting rural communities and populations during the first decades of the twenty-first century, and explores policies developed to ameliorate problems or enhance opportunities. Primarily focused on the U.S. context, while also providing international comparative discussion, the book is organized into five sections each of which explores both socio-demographic and political economic aspects of rural transformation. It features an accessible and up-to-date blend of theory and empirical analysis, with each chapter's discussion grounded in real-life situations through the use of empirical case-study materials. Rural People and Communities in the 21st Century is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in rural sociology, community sociology, rural and/or population geography, community development, and population studies.

Author : Arild Engelsen Ruud
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000584448

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Poetics of Village Politics by Arild Engelsen Ruud Pdf

Originally published in 2003, this volume studies village politics and the changes brought about in rural society through political developments. It focuses on the social, political and cultural circumstances of communist mobilization in rural West Bengal. It analyses the emergence of rural communism in the local context of changes in the position of women, in caste practices, in economic conditions and in new efforts to create ‘development’. It investigates how this cultural change interacts with the mechanisms and tools of village politics, and using anthropological methods and oral history as tools, allows for a detailed and intimate ethnographic description of village politics and its changes.

Author : Michael Burns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : France
ISBN : 0691612358

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Rural Society and French Politics by Michael Burns Pdf

Michael Burns charts the rural impact of the two political watersheds" of fin-de-siecle France--Boulangism and the Dreyfus Affair. Broadening our understanding of the early Third Republic, he investigates its intricate village life and shows how the deindustrialization of the countryside both upset and solidified rural cultures. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Kirsten Westergaard
Publisher : RoutledgeCurzon
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039446880

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State and Rural Society in Bangladesh by Kirsten Westergaard Pdf

Author : Emily T. Yeh,Kevin J. O'Brien,Jingzhong Ye
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317661757

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Rural Politics in Contemporary China by Emily T. Yeh,Kevin J. O'Brien,Jingzhong Ye Pdf

This collection provides an overview of China’s rural politics, bringing scholarship on agrarian politics from various social science disciplines together in one place. The twelve contributions, spanning history, anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, political science, and geography, address enduring questions in peasant studies, including the relationship between states and peasants, taxation, social movements, rural-urban linkages, land rights and struggles, gender relations, and environmental politics. Taking rural politics as the power-inflected processes and struggles that shape access and control over resources in the countryside, as well as the values, ideologies and discourses that shape those processes, the volume brings research on China into conversation with the traditions and concerns of peasant studies scholarship. It provides both an introduction to those unfamiliar with Chinese politics, as well as in-depth, new research for experts in the field. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Peasant Studies.

Author : SUBRATA K. MITRA
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032041641

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Power, Protest and Participation by SUBRATA K. MITRA Pdf

This book, first published in 1992, examines the attitudes of local elites - the hinge between Indian state and rural society - towards protest and participation in development, illuminating arguments about the nature of the state as well as the development process. It looks at the role of local elites in India both as the representatives of the state and of the rest of rural society, and explains their importance in the country's development. The book deals with the elites' contribution to the credibility of the state and examines the strategies through which they manipulate the allocation of resources and influence the pace and direction of social change. It contrasts the rural elites in two areas, one more economically advanced than the other. The elites in the first area were shown to be capable of combining institutional participation with radical protest, whilst in the other they tended to rely on state channels to achieve reform. The author concludes that despite the different settings, both groups were informed, active and responsive to political conditions. This contrasts with the conventional view that local elites of the dominant castes oppress the lower ones by obstructing reforms, for reasons of self-interest.

Author : D. C. Miglani
Publisher : Deep and Deep Publications
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Community power
ISBN : 8171005780

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Politics and Rural Power Struggle by D. C. Miglani Pdf

Author : Padma Charan Mishra,Krushna Singh Padhy
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House (India)
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Ganjam (India : District)
ISBN : UOM:39015052296137

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Factional Politics in Rural India by Padma Charan Mishra,Krushna Singh Padhy Pdf

Factional politics, undoubtedly, constitutes a very significant area as well as a pervasive theme in contemporary social science. Factionalism, a growing phenomenon in Indian government and politics, has not only of late, assumed new dimensions but also infected almost all organizations including political parties, interest group, pressure groups, trade unions, voluntary association etc. It is quite disheartening and distressing to observe that even village community and its government and politics are largely as well as deeply affected and afflicted by this all-pervading evil that has spread its tentacles to eat away the very vitals of the Indian rural society. It has assumed so much of importance and significance that it has attracted the attention of social scientists, policy-makers and administrators.

Author : N. Jayapalan
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : India
ISBN : 8126900989

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Rural Sociology by N. Jayapalan Pdf

The Book, Rural Sociology, Presents The Key Concepts Of Rural Sociology In The Form Of Evaluation And Analysis Made By Eminent Sociologists. For A Proper Understanding Of Rural Sociology As We Find It Today, A Thorough Study Is Very Essential. The First Chapter Presents A Clear Picture Of The Meaning And Definition Of Rural Sociology. The Subsequent Chapters Provide Valuable Informations Regarding Origin And Development Of Rural Sociology, Scope, Importance, Methods Of Study, Relations With Other Social Sciences, Rural Community, Peasant Community, Folk Society, Rural Society, Rural Religion, Festivals, Family, Joint Family, Marriage System, Caste System, Untouchability, Jajmani System, Hooka Group, Rural Leadership And Rural Economy. Further The Book Deals With Indian Rural Agricultural System, Rural Recreation, Rural Housing, Rural Politics, Social Education, Rural Reconstruction, C.D. Programme, Importance Of Co-Operatives, And Health Planning In India In Clear And Lucid Language.The Book Would Be Of Great Value For The Students, Teachers, Trainees, Agriculturists, Social Workers, Planners, Politicians And Common Readers.

Author : William A. Kandel,David L. Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402039115

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Population Change and Rural Society by William A. Kandel,David L. Brown Pdf

This book contains the latest research on social and economic trends occurring in rural America. It provides a unique focus on rural demography and the interaction between population dynamics and local social and economic change. It is also the first volume on rural population that exploits data from Census 2000 The book highlights major themes transforming contemporary rural areas and each is examined with an expanded overview and case study.

Author : Samuel L. Popkin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520341623

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The Rational Peasant by Samuel L. Popkin Pdf

Popkin develops a model of rational peasant behavior and shows how village procedures result from the self-interested interactions of peasants. This political economy view of peasant behavior stands in contrast to the model of a distinctive peasant moral economy in which the village community is primarily responsible for ensuring the welfare of its members.

Author : SUBRATA K. MITRA
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032041617

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Power, Protest and Participation by SUBRATA K. MITRA Pdf

This book, first published in 1992, examines the attitudes of local elites - the hinge between Indian state and rural society - towards protest and participation in development, illuminating arguments about the nature of the state as well as the development process. It looks at the role of local elites in India both as the representatives of the state and of the rest of rural society, and explains their importance in the country's development. The book deals with the elites' contribution to the credibility of the state and examines the strategies through which they manipulate the allocation of resources and influence the pace and direction of social change. It contrasts the rural elites in two areas, one more economically advanced than the other. The elites in the first area were shown to be capable of combining institutional participation with radical protest, whilst in the other they tended to rely on state channels to achieve reform. The author concludes that despite the different settings, both groups were informed, active and responsive to political conditions. This contrasts with the conventional view that local elites of the dominant castes oppress the lower ones by obstructing reforms, for reasons of self-interest.

Author : Kathleen Gough
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521040198

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Rural Society in Southeast India by Kathleen Gough Pdf

This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanjāvūr district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 1951-3. Differing from the usual village study, Gough's work traces the history of the villages over the past century and examines the impact of colonialism on the district since 1770. The volume's theoretical significance lies in its attempt to define more clearly the characteristics of rural class relations, particularly addressing the question whether Indian agrarian relations are still precapitalist. This study not only provides a vivid account of village life in southeast India in the 1950s (to be followed by a later study done in the 1970s), but also contributes to theory concerning modes of production, class structures in the Third World, and underdevelopment.