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The democratic Left in India is in crisis. During the first decade of this century it 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 electoral posturing. In this respect, much can be learnt from the Left's governmental practices as they have evolved since the late 1960s, crafting a unique blend of politics, policy, idealism, practicality, vision and delivery. By looking at the problematics of government from the days of deft land reforms to messy land acquisition, this 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 will be useful for those who are passionate as well as sceptical about the revival potentials of a new Left in India's fast-changing political economy.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government

• Full title: Government as Practice
• Subtitle: Democratic Left in a Transforming India
• Author: Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 290
• EAN: 9781107102262
• ISBN: 110710226X
• ID: 02895870
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 534 g
• Dimensions: 163 × 240 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. January 2016

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