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The Anti-Politics Machine in India : State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Contents
-
- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: THE ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE IN INDIA; Politics within 'Anti-Politics'; Actors and Agencies; The Anti-Politics Machine and the Indian State; Decentralization and the State; A Brief History of Decentralization in India; State-Society Relationships in India; Towards a Nested Approach; Main Matter; Chapter One: THE IDEA OF 'ANTI-POLITICS'; The Machine that Depoliticizes; Where Anti-Politics Began; Conclusion; Chapter Two: THE INDIAN 'ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE'
- Is there an 'Anti-Politics Machine' in India?Colonial Rule and the Nature of Rationality; The Newly Independent State; The Unfolding of Indian Democracy; Conclusion; Chapter Three: THE ANTI-POLITICS WATERSHED MACHINE: THE MAKING OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA; Part I: State Power, Depoliticization and Watershed Development; Part II: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine; Conclusion; Chapter Four: TWO LANDSCAPES OF DECENTRALIZATION; Looking into the Watershed Machine; Decentralization under Naidu and Singh; Differences in Administrative Arrangements for Watershed Development
- Regional Dimensions of DominanceDepoliticization and the Politics of Selection; Conclusion; Chapter Five: DEPOLITICIZING LOCAL INSTITUTIONS? PANCHAYATS AND WATERSHED COMMITTEES; Discourses, Agencies and the Micro-Politics of Local Bodies; Part I: The Kurnool Villages; Part II: Kishangarh; Part III: Neelpura; Conclusion; Chapter Six: THE DIALECTICS OF CONSENT IN PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE; Consent and Community; Consent and Community in Watershed Development; Part I: Consent and the Kurnool Watershed Office; Part II: An NGO and Consent; Conclusion; CONCLUSION
- The Significance of Politics within the Anti-Politics MachineDecentralization and Depoliticization; Local Institutions and Agencies; Consent and Anti-Politics; Depoliticization and Progressive Politics; The Persistence of Anti-Politics?; End Matter; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter One. The Idea of 'Anti-Politics'; Chapter Two. The Indian 'Anti-Politics Machine'; Chapter Three. The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter Four. Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter Five. Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees
- Chapter Six. The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory PracticeConclusion; REFERENCES; List of Websites; INDEX
- Isbn
- 9780857288417
- Label
- The Anti-Politics Machine in India : State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
- Title
- The Anti-Politics Machine in India
- Title remainder
- State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
- Subject
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- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business
- Bewässerungswirtschaft
- Bürgerbeteiligung
- Decentralization in government
- Decentralization in government -- India
- Dezentralisation
- Electronic books
- Entwicklungspolitik
- India
- India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
- Indien
- Ländliche Entwicklung
- NATURE -- Natural Resources
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government | National
- Politics and government
- Politisches System
- Rural development projects
- Rural development projects -- India
- Since 1977
- Water resources development
- Water resources development -- India
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chhotray, Vasudha
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Anthem South Asian Studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Water resources development
- Rural development projects
- Decentralization in government
- India
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- NATURE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Decentralization in government
- Politics and government
- Rural development projects
- Water resources development
- India
- Politisches System
- Entwicklungspolitik
- Dezentralisation
- Ländliche Entwicklung
- Bürgerbeteiligung
- Bewässerungswirtschaft
- Indien
- Label
- The Anti-Politics Machine in India : State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: THE ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE IN INDIA; Politics within 'Anti-Politics'; Actors and Agencies; The Anti-Politics Machine and the Indian State; Decentralization and the State; A Brief History of Decentralization in India; State-Society Relationships in India; Towards a Nested Approach; Main Matter; Chapter One: THE IDEA OF 'ANTI-POLITICS'; The Machine that Depoliticizes; Where Anti-Politics Began; Conclusion; Chapter Two: THE INDIAN 'ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE'
- Is there an 'Anti-Politics Machine' in India?Colonial Rule and the Nature of Rationality; The Newly Independent State; The Unfolding of Indian Democracy; Conclusion; Chapter Three: THE ANTI-POLITICS WATERSHED MACHINE: THE MAKING OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA; Part I: State Power, Depoliticization and Watershed Development; Part II: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine; Conclusion; Chapter Four: TWO LANDSCAPES OF DECENTRALIZATION; Looking into the Watershed Machine; Decentralization under Naidu and Singh; Differences in Administrative Arrangements for Watershed Development
- Regional Dimensions of DominanceDepoliticization and the Politics of Selection; Conclusion; Chapter Five: DEPOLITICIZING LOCAL INSTITUTIONS? PANCHAYATS AND WATERSHED COMMITTEES; Discourses, Agencies and the Micro-Politics of Local Bodies; Part I: The Kurnool Villages; Part II: Kishangarh; Part III: Neelpura; Conclusion; Chapter Six: THE DIALECTICS OF CONSENT IN PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE; Consent and Community; Consent and Community in Watershed Development; Part I: Consent and the Kurnool Watershed Office; Part II: An NGO and Consent; Conclusion; CONCLUSION
- The Significance of Politics within the Anti-Politics MachineDecentralization and Depoliticization; Local Institutions and Agencies; Consent and Anti-Politics; Depoliticization and Progressive Politics; The Persistence of Anti-Politics?; End Matter; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter One. The Idea of 'Anti-Politics'; Chapter Two. The Indian 'Anti-Politics Machine'; Chapter Three. The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter Four. Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter Five. Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees
- Chapter Six. The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory PracticeConclusion; REFERENCES; List of Websites; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn775301895
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780857288417
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786613377166
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 337716
- 22573/ctt1gwxft4
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)775301895
- Label
- The Anti-Politics Machine in India : State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction: THE ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE IN INDIA; Politics within 'Anti-Politics'; Actors and Agencies; The Anti-Politics Machine and the Indian State; Decentralization and the State; A Brief History of Decentralization in India; State-Society Relationships in India; Towards a Nested Approach; Main Matter; Chapter One: THE IDEA OF 'ANTI-POLITICS'; The Machine that Depoliticizes; Where Anti-Politics Began; Conclusion; Chapter Two: THE INDIAN 'ANTI-POLITICS MACHINE'
- Is there an 'Anti-Politics Machine' in India?Colonial Rule and the Nature of Rationality; The Newly Independent State; The Unfolding of Indian Democracy; Conclusion; Chapter Three: THE ANTI-POLITICS WATERSHED MACHINE: THE MAKING OF WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA; Part I: State Power, Depoliticization and Watershed Development; Part II: The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine; Conclusion; Chapter Four: TWO LANDSCAPES OF DECENTRALIZATION; Looking into the Watershed Machine; Decentralization under Naidu and Singh; Differences in Administrative Arrangements for Watershed Development
- Regional Dimensions of DominanceDepoliticization and the Politics of Selection; Conclusion; Chapter Five: DEPOLITICIZING LOCAL INSTITUTIONS? PANCHAYATS AND WATERSHED COMMITTEES; Discourses, Agencies and the Micro-Politics of Local Bodies; Part I: The Kurnool Villages; Part II: Kishangarh; Part III: Neelpura; Conclusion; Chapter Six: THE DIALECTICS OF CONSENT IN PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE; Consent and Community; Consent and Community in Watershed Development; Part I: Consent and the Kurnool Watershed Office; Part II: An NGO and Consent; Conclusion; CONCLUSION
- The Significance of Politics within the Anti-Politics MachineDecentralization and Depoliticization; Local Institutions and Agencies; Consent and Anti-Politics; Depoliticization and Progressive Politics; The Persistence of Anti-Politics?; End Matter; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter One. The Idea of 'Anti-Politics'; Chapter Two. The Indian 'Anti-Politics Machine'; Chapter Three. The Anti-Politics Watershed Machine: The Making of Watershed Development in India; Chapter Four. Two Landscapes of Decentralization; Chapter Five. Depoliticizing Local Institutions? Panchayats and Watershed Committees
- Chapter Six. The Dialectics of Consent in Participatory PracticeConclusion; REFERENCES; List of Websites; INDEX
- Control code
- ocn775301895
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780857288417
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 9786613377166
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 337716
- 22573/ctt1gwxft4
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)775301895
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business
- Bewässerungswirtschaft
- Bürgerbeteiligung
- Decentralization in government
- Decentralization in government -- India
- Dezentralisation
- Electronic books
- Entwicklungspolitik
- India
- India -- Politics and government -- 1977-
- Indien
- Ländliche Entwicklung
- NATURE -- Natural Resources
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government | National
- Politics and government
- Politisches System
- Rural development projects
- Rural development projects -- India
- Since 1977
- Water resources development
- Water resources development -- India
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics
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