Politics of the Poor

Politics of the Poor
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 546
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ISBN-10 : 9781316674345
ISBN-13 : 1316674347
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Book Synopsis Politics of the Poor by : Indrajit Roy

Download or read book Politics of the Poor written by Indrajit Roy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the ongoing scholarly debates on poor people's negotiations with democracy. It demonstrates the varied ways in which the poor engage with their elected representatives, political mediators and dominant classes in order to advance their claims. Roy explains the variations by directing attention to the dynamic interaction between the opportunity structures available to the poor and the social relations of power in which they are embedded. He analyses these intersections as 'political spaces' which both enable and constrain popular practices. Through examination of the 'political spaces' available to the poor in four different localities, Roy outlines a new analytic framework to understanding poor people's politics. Based on these observations, the book makes a strong case for an approach to democracy that appreciates people's ambivalences towards democracy. Roy urges researchers of democracy to step beyond either enthusiastic narratives - the inevitability of democracy or apocalyptic accounts of democracy's impending death.


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