This book, first published in 1992, examines the attitudes of local elites – the hinge between Indian state and rural society – towards protest and particip

The chief concern of this book is the role of elites and citizens as prime movers of rural development in india. Elites encompass social elites, political elite

Revised thesis on political power elites and patterns of local level politics in India, based on a field study conducted in rural area western maharashtra - exa

Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the