Seeing the State: Governance and Governmentality in India

by René Véron, Srivastava Manoj, Glyn Williams, et al.

Book Overview

Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state? This book considers the Indian example where people's accounts, in particular in the countryside, are shaped by encounters staged at the local level, and are also informed by ideas circulated by the government and the broader development community. Drawing extensively on fieldwork conducted in eastern India, the authors review a series of key debates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542553
• ISBN13: 9780521542555
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"