Rural Politics in India Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal

Rural Politics in India\nby Dayabati Roy\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Dayabati Roy\nTitle: Rural Politics in India\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Sociology\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2013\nISBN-13: 9781107042353\nISBN-10: 1107042356\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis 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.