Mitra, Subrata K

When rebels become stakeholders: democracy, agency and social change in India/ Subrata Kumar Mitra; V B Singh - SAGE, 2009.

Introduction: democracy and the puzzle of orderly social change --
The context of social change: interfacing society and state in India --
Continuity and change in Indian politics: an inter-generational analysis --
The elements of political agency and the limits of consensus --
Political competition, social cleavages and institutionalisation of the party system --
Re-inventing the nation: the dialectics of nation and region in India --
Poverty, welfare and social opportunity in India --
Building social capital from above and below: locality, region and trust in India --
India at sixty: social change and the resilience of democracy --
Beyond India: democracy and social change in comparative perspective.

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