State Formation and Radical Democracy in India

by Manali Desai

State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create better life chances. Going back to pre-independence, colonial India, Manali Desai takes a long historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415651948
• ISBN13: 9780415651943
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"