Claiming the State: Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India

by Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner

Book Overview

Citizens around the world look to the state for social welfare provision, but often struggle to access essential services in health, education, and social security. This book investigates the everyday practices through which citizens of the world's largest democracy make claims on the state, asking whether, how, and why they engage public officials in the pursuit of social welfare. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in rural India, Kruks-Wisner demonstrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316649008
• ISBN13: 9781316649008
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"