Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner

Claiming the State

Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the conditions that shape whether and how citizens in rural India make claims on the state for social welfare.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781107199750
• ISBN-10: 1107199751
• Artikelnr.: 52643743

Autorenporträt

Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner is Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Studies at the University of Virginia. She was previously an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and a Masters in International Development and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. Her research examines citizen-state relations, local governance, and social welfare provision, and has appeared in World Politics and World Development. Claiming the State is her first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction and Theory: 1. Introduction: citizenship and social welfare
2. A theory of active citizenship
Part II. Citizenship Practice In Rajasthan: 3. The institutional terrain of the state
4. Seeking the state: claim-making patterns and puzzles
5. Encountering the state: citizens' social and spatial exposure
6. Claiming the state: exposure as a catalyst for citizen action
Part III. Consequences and Extensions: 7. The consequences of claim-making
8. Conclusion: active citizenship in Rajasthan and beyond
Appendices
References
Index.