Social And Political Change In Uttar Pradesh

Author : Roger Jeffery,Jens Lerche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061542968

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Social and Political Change in Uttar Pradesh by Roger Jeffery,Jens Lerche Pdf

The state of Uttar Pradesh -- India's most populous, but also one of its poorest -- is in crisis, lagging behind the rest of the country in terms of social development, economic growth, and women's empowerment, with inefficient and ineffective democratic institutions. In this timely book, established scholars and new voices from Europe reflect on aspects of the perilous condition of UP, addressing a range of issues, all drawing on intensive and extended fieldwork. What used to be UP's strength has turned into its weakness. Its position in India as the quintessential Indian state -- is unique, but no specific UP-identity has been developed. In papers discussing people's own perceptions of core social and political issues, local ideas of what is needed for development are discussed. Gender relations are a central concern of two papers, one on customary marriage and divorce practices at village level and the other on changing notions of education for girls and the images of the UP plains held by those in the hills. Other papers deal with the social bases and ideology of the separatist movement in the UP hills; with Dalits and farmers, and the political organisations aiming to represent their interests; with farmers, and how far the BKU is articulating their demands in western UP; and with how Jats in western UP are changing the way they maintain their dominance. The two final papers discuss how modern mass media -- TV and newspapers -- are shaping developments in UP. The book -- a major advance in our understanding of contemporary patterns of social change in UP -- will be essential reading for concerned citizens, students and academics alike.

Author : Sudha Pai
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Uttar Pradesh (India)
ISBN : 8131707970

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Political Process in Uttar Pradesh by Sudha Pai Pdf

The essays in this volume present a complex picture of the major upheavals that UP has experienced in its society, polity, and economy over the last two decades.

Author : Roger Jeffery,Craig Jeffrey,Jens Lerche
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8132116631

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Development Failure and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh by Roger Jeffery,Craig Jeffrey,Jens Lerche Pdf

Development Failure and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh provides a qualitative, in-depth understanding of development failures and identity politics in Uttar Pradesh (UP). It investigates neoliberal change and political transformation in India through the lens of UP, India’s largest and, by some measures, poorest state. It examines the connection between transitions in the contemporary economy of India and transformations in politics from the standpoint of UP. The book demonstrates how an understanding of dynamics in UP might provide new perspective on issues such as the state, the civil society, caste, democracy and social impact of economic reforms—issues that are the subject of vigorous debate in India as a whole.

Author : Sudha Pai,Sajjan Kumar
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Communalism
ISBN : 0199466297

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Everyday Communalism by Sudha Pai,Sajjan Kumar Pdf

With the demolition of the Babri Masjid and subsequent riots of the late 1980s and 1990s in Uttar Pradesh, the period that followed appeared relatively peaceful. Only at the turn of the century, India witnessed a strong wave of communalism in early 2000s. After the Godhra riots of Gujarat in 2002, Uttar Pradesh saw a series of them--in Mau in 2005, Lucknow in 2006, Gorakhpur in 2007, and Muzaffarnagar in 2013--announcing the return of fundamentalism in the Bharatiya Janta Party's core agenda of Hindutva politics. Everyday Communalism not only attempts to explore the anatomy of a Hindu-Muslim riot and its aftermath, but also examines the inner workings that enable deep-seated polarization between communities. Pai and Kumar show that frequent, low-intensity communal clashes pegged on routine everyday issues and resources help establish a permanent anti-Muslim prejudice among Hindus legitimizing majoritarian rule in the eyes of an increasingly polarized, intolerant, and entitled majority community of Hindus. Uttar Pradesh's rising cultural aspirations; economic anxieties to move away from its traditionally backward status; a deep caste-marked agrarian crisis; and sharp inequalities and acute poverty further play into the making a new post-Ayodhya phase of Hindutva politics.

Author : Simhadri Somanaboina,Akhileshwari Ramagoud
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000462807

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The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India by Simhadri Somanaboina,Akhileshwari Ramagoud Pdf

This handbook presents an authoritative account of the development of movements, thoughts and policies of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in India. Despite the adoption of egalitarian principles in the Indian Constitution, caste inequalities, discrimination and exclusionary practices against people from backward classes and other lower castes continue to haunt them in contemporary India. A comprehensive work on the politics of identity and plurality of experiences of OBCs in India, this handbook: — Features in-depth research by eminent scholars on the Other Backward Classes (OBC) social and political thought, OBC movements and OBC development and policy making. — Discusses the life, ideologies and pioneering contributions by Gautam Buddha, Sant Kabir, Jotirao Phule, Savitribai Phule, Shahu Maharaj, Narayana Guru, B.R. Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, and E V Ramasamy Periyar and leading social reform movements. — Examines OBC issues with case studies from various Indian states to look at issues of pre- and post- Mandal India; backward caste movements; and reclamation of the Bahujan legacy. — Critiques public policies and programs for the development of OBCs in India. — Reviews the status of Muslim OBCs in India and of the invisibilized nomadic communities. — Reviews the impact of globalization on the economically backward lower castes and the impact of development initiatives for the excluded people. The first of its kind, this handbook will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of exclusion and discrimination studies, diversity and inclusion studies, Global South studies, affirmative action, sociology, Indian political history, Dalit studies, political sociology, public policy, development studies and political studies.

Author : Muthiah Alagappa
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0804750971

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Civil Society and Political Change in Asia by Muthiah Alagappa Pdf

A systematic investigation of the connection between civil society and political change in Asia - change toward open, participatory, and accountable politics. Its findings suggest that the link between a vibrant civil society and democracy is indeterminate: certain civil society organizations support democracy; thers could undermine it.

Author : Milan Vaishnav
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780300216202

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When Crime Pays by Milan Vaishnav Pdf

The first thorough study of the co-existence of crime and democratic processes in Indian politics In India, the world's largest democracy, the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics raises complex questions. For instance, how can free and fair democratic processes exist alongside rampant criminality? Why do political parties recruit candidates with reputations for wrongdoing? Why are one-third of state and national legislators elected--and often re-elected--in spite of criminal charges pending against them? In this eye-opening study, political scientist Milan Vaishnav mines a rich array of sources, including fieldwork on political campaigns and interviews with candidates, party workers, and voters, large surveys, and an original database on politicians' backgrounds to offer the first comprehensive study of an issue that has implications for the study of democracy both within and beyond India's borders.

Author : Ishita Mehrotra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000556247

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Political Economy of Class, Caste and Gender by Ishita Mehrotra Pdf

This book examines the structures of power and hierarchies within the agrarian political economy in India, with a focus on gender. It analyses various forms of inequalities within rural structures while situating the position of women and Dalit agriculture labourers within these discriminate networks of social exclusion, political marginalisation and poverty. The book maps the impacts of neoliberal capitalist globalisation on agrarian relations to identify who labourers are and how rural diversification is shaped by class, caste and gender hierarchies specifically in the villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh. It looks at occupational patterns of women workers, labour relations and reconceptualisation of labour. The book documents the experiences of exploitation as well as forms of resistance and collective action of rural women labourers. In doing this, the book deals with processes witnessed across the global South – rural distress, depeasantisation, migration, feminisation of agriculture as well as identity-based inequalities in rural labour markets. Rich in empirical data, the book will be useful for scholars and researchers of labour studies, women’s studies, political economy, agrarian economy, agrarian sociology, rural sociology, sociology, development studies and political studies.

Author : Jayabrata Sarkar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000370348

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Politics as Social Text in India by Jayabrata Sarkar Pdf

This book explores the emergence of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as an alternative political force in Uttar Pradesh. It focuses on the historical continuity of Dalit social justice movements and organizational politics from pre- to post-colonial India and its subsequent institutionalization as a political force with the rise of the BSP in the state since the 1980s. The volume discusses the new age Dalit–Bahujan politics and its ethnicization of caste groups to create a bahujan samaj. The book analyzes the focused political leadership of Kanshiram and Mayawati, the strong party organization, and how they evolved an empowered Dalit ideology and identity by grassroots mobilization and championing Dalit icons and history. The author also explores the party’s strategies, slogans and alliances with other political parties and communities and its political manoeuvrings to retain its influence over the electorate. The book also effectively identifies the reasons for the political marginalization of the BSP in present times in the context of the phenomenal rise of the BJP in the state. The book will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of political science, sociology, Dalit and subaltern studies, exclusion studies and those working on the intersectionality of caste and class. It will also be useful for policy makers, think tanks and NGOs working in the domain of caste, marginality, social exclusion and identity politics.

Author : Peter Berger,Frank Heidemann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134061181

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The Modern Anthropology of India by Peter Berger,Frank Heidemann Pdf

The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a practical and comprehensive guide to the main themes dealt with by ethnographers. It highlights key analytical concepts and paradigms that came to be of relevance in particular regions in the recent history of research in India, and which possibly gained a pan-Indian or even trans-Indian significance. Structured according to the states of the Indian union, contributors raise several key questions, including: What themes were ethnographers interested in? What are the significant ethnographic contributions? How are peoples, communities and cultural areas represented? How has the ethnographic research in the area developed? Filling a significant gap in the literature, the book is an invaluable resource to students and researchers in the field of Indian anthropology/ethnography, regional anthropology and postcolonial studies. It is also of interest to students of South Asian studies in general as it provides an extensive and critical overview of regionally based ethnographic activity undertaken in India.

Author : Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134132683

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Indian Politics and Society since Independence by Bidyut Chakrabarty Pdf

Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.

Author : Ashutosh Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315391441

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Rethinking State Politics in India by Ashutosh Kumar Pdf

In recent decades, India has been witness to the assertion of geographically, culturally and historically constituted distinct and well-defined regions that display ethnic, communal, caste and other social–political cleavages. This book examines the changing configurations of state politics in India. Focussing on identity politics and development, it explores the specificities of the regions within states — not merely as politico-administrative constructs but also as conceived in historical, geographic, economic, sociological or cultural terms. Adopting a comparative approach, the book looks at alternative theoretical approaches — the quest for homeland, identity, caste politics and public policy. This second edition includes a new Introduction that updates the research in the area, while further developing the theoretical framework. One of the first major volumes on federalism in India, including studies from across the nation, this book will be indispensable for students and scholars of political science, sociology, history and South Asian studies.

Author : Nitya Rao
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009358002

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Quest for Identity by Nitya Rao Pdf

The book offers an ethnographic analysis of Adivasi social dynamics - the economic trajectories, ecological environment and gender relations - over two decades of political-economic contingencies and change, adding to knowledge alongside offering useful lessons for policy and practice.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : India
ISBN : 8183241913

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Role of Regional Political Parties in India by Anonim Pdf

Author : Prerna Singh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107070059

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How Solidarity Works for Welfare by Prerna Singh Pdf

Drawing on a multi-method study, from the late nineteenth century to the present, of the stark variations in educational and health outcomes within a large, federal, multiethnic developing country - India, this book develops an argument for the power of collective identity as an impetus for state prioritization of social welfare.