Government as practice : (Record no. 2076)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01525cam a2200337 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781107102262 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 320.954/14 D96 G |
| Item number | 102002 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Government as practice : |
| Remainder of title | democratic left in a transforming India / |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 273 |
| Accompanying material | 24 cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | South Asia in the social sciences |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | The democratic left in India is in deep crisis. During the first decade of the century it has slid from its highest parliamentary presence to virtual irrelevance. A key to its retrieval, this book argues, lies in its ability to imagine a new popular politics for reinventing its democratic credentials beyond mere electoral posturing. In this respect, much can be learnt from the left’s own governmental practices as they evolved since the late 1960s, crafting a unique blend of politics, policy, idealism, practicality, vision and delivery. By looking at the problematic of government from the days of deft land reforms to messy land acquisition, the book situates ‘government as practice’ as a prism for critical thinking on democratic politics in postcolonial India. Grounded in empirical and archival research, the book is useful for those passionate as well as sceptical about the revival potentials of a new left in India’s fast changing political economy.<br/><br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Inception: Government as Practice<br/>2. Consolidation: Land Reforms<br/>3. Agency: School Teachers<br/>4. Machinery: Party Society<br/>5. Implosion: Singur, Nandigram<br/>Appendix I: The Left through Elections<br/>Appendix II: Local Governance and Electability<br/>Bibliography<br/>Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Discusses the strategies of governance deployed by the mainstream Left in India"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Right and left (Political science) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY -- TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Democracy |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Ubhayabharati | Ubhayabharati | General Stacks | 07/03/2018 | 750.00 | 320.954/14 D96 G 102002 | 102002 | 07/03/2018 | Books |