The Anti-Politics Machine in India

State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development

Vasudha Chhotray (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2011
Anthem Press (Verlag)
9780857287670 (ISBN)

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This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory.

This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the new context provided by decentralization of state functioning where keeping politics out of development (development as the anti-politics machine) can no longer be taken for granted. The case of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory is used to illustrate the tensions between prescriptive development policy and a growing political democracy.

Vasudha Chhotray is a lecturer in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK.

List of Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Anti-Politics Machine in India; Chapter 1: The Idea of ‘Anti-Politics’; Chapter 2: The Indian ‘Anti-Politics Machine’; Chapter 3: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter 4: Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter 5: Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees; Chapter 6: The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory Practice; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2011
Reihe/Serie	Anthem South Asian Studies
Zusatzinfo	8+ maps and tables
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9780857287670 / 9780857287670
Zustand	Neuware