Power, Protest and Participation: Local Elites and Development in India

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Glossary......Page 9
List of Illustrations......Page 12
Preface......Page 15
LOCAL ELITES AND THE POLITICS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 20
Putting Local Development in the Context of Social and Economic Change......Page 22
Power, Protest and Legitimacy......Page 25
The Political Universe of India's Rural Elites......Page 30
The Region and Local Elites as Key Parameters of the Model of Development......Page 33
An Alternative View of Local Elites as Socially Cohesive 'Dominant' Elites......Page 41
Post-Independence Development Policy in India......Page 42
The Social Consequences of Development......Page 45
Protest Movements as an Alternative Form of Political Action......Page 47
An Interactive Model of Participation in Development......Page 49
The Context of Research......Page 52
Plan of the Book......Page 56
THE REGIONAL CONTEXT: THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 57
The Regional Government and Policy Environment as Elements of the National Development Grid......Page 60
The Institutions Connected with Development at the District Level......Page 70
Surat District: Historical Background and Institutional Facilities......Page 71
The Historical Context......Page 72
The Cooperative Movement......Page 75
Social Services and Infrastructural Facilities......Page 76
Politics and Social Mobility......Page 78
Dhenkanal District......Page 81
The Demographic Characteristics......Page 83
The Economy......Page 84
Social Services and Infrastructural Facilities......Page 87
The Uncertain Legacy of the State People's Movement......Page 88
Conclusion......Page 91
THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN......Page 95
The Personal and Social Attributes of Local Elites......Page 99
Stratification below the District Level......Page 102
Use of the Reputational Method for the Identification of the Interview Sample......Page 105
Inherited Status and Acquired Power: The Sociodemographic Profile of the Sample......Page 108
The Social Heterogeneity of Local Elites......Page 110
Intergenerational Mobility......Page 116
Organisational Affiliation and Elite Status......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 121
SETTING THE LOCAL AGENDA: THE PROBLEMS, PROGRESS AND AGENCY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 126
The Key Role of Local Elites as Opinion Makers......Page 129
The Scope for Local Choice in Social and Economic Change......Page 131
Room for Local Initiative......Page 132
The Conceptualisation of Social and Economic Change......Page 141
The Hierarchy of Problems......Page 144
Solutions......Page 148
The Effect of Social Class......Page 150
A General Evaluation of Progress......Page 154
Conclusion......Page 156
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF LOCAL CONFLICT: UNEQUAL BENEFITS, RADICAL PROTEST AND SOCIAL COHESION......Page 160
Economic Change and Local Conflict......Page 161
Radicalisation of the Local Political Arena......Page 171
The Social Correlates of Radicalism......Page 175
Conflict and Cohesion in the Local Arena......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 186
INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPATION AND RADICAL PROTEST: THE STATE, SOCIETY AND ROOM FOR MANOEUVRE IN THE MIDDLE......Page 192
The Rational, Moral and Cultural Models of Action......Page 193
Local Elites and the Development Environment......Page 197
The Nature of Elite Initiative and Efficacy......Page 203
Socio-structural and Political Factors in the Benefits of Development......Page 212
The Relationship of Institutional Participation and Radical Protest......Page 217
Conclusion......Page 219
CONCLUSION: THE TWO FACES OF DEVELOPMENT: PROTEST AND PARTICIPATION IN INDIA......Page 225
Order, Development and the Polarisation Thesis......Page 230
Situating the Model in the Indian Context......Page 235
The Field Strategy for Identifying Rural Netas......Page 237
The Rhetoric of Local Development......Page 239
Region, Class and the Formation of Political Communities......Page 240
General Implications of the Model of the Two Faces of Development......Page 247
The State and Local Development in India......Page 251
The Background of the Survey......Page 262
The Questionnaire and the Principal Results of the Survey......Page 264
Notes......Page 281
Bibliography......Page 309
Author Index......Page 326
Subject Index......Page 328