Elite Politics in Rural India: Political Stratification and Political Alliances in Western Maharashtra - Brossura

Carter, Anthony T.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521040698 ISBN 13: 9780521040693

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

A study of the system of political stratification and the pattern of political alliances in rural Western Maharashtra. Based on fieldwork in a large village, a nearby market town and taluka headquarters, and political institutions in the surrounding countryside, the first half of the book is a full examination of the phenomenon of regional dominance originally described by Adrian Mayer. The second part is a detailed study of the pattern of political alliances from village to district level. Dr Carter's central concern is with the manner in which the pattern of political alliances is shaped by political stratification. Tracing the relationships between these alliances and such factors as political stratification, political arenas, caste, class, and kinship, Dr Carter demonstrates that much Indian political behaviour which has been regarded as irrational or as a sign of an immature, tradition-bound and unstable system may be understood more usefully as a rational response to the conditions of political action in rural India.

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A study of the system of political stratification and the pattern of political alliances in rural Western Maharashtra. Based on fieldwork in a large village, a nearby market town and taluka headquarters, and political institutions in the surrounding countryside, Dr Carter's central concern is with the manner in which the pattern of political alliances is shaped by political stratification.

Contenuti:

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. The problem; 2. The region: Girvi, Phaltan Taluka and Western Maharashtra; Part II. Aspects of Political Stratification: 3. Political arenas and the political class; 4. Caste status and distribution; 5. Land, labour, credit and share capital; 6. Descent groups and affinal networks; Part III. Political Alliances: 7. Vertical alliances; 8. Horizontal alliances; 9. Alliances and political stratification; 10. Conclusions; Map of main Girvi settlement area; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521040698
• ISBN 13: 9780521040693
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 220