Swagato Sarkar

Democratic Despotism

Politics of Primitive Accumulation in India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the history of forced land acquisition and transformation of power in the Fifth Schedule areas in India. It examines the contradictory imperatives of extractive capitalism and primitive accumulation, on the one hand, and autonomy and devolution of power to local communities, on the other.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9781032305165
• ISBN-10: 1032305169
• Artikelnr.: 64035548

Autorenporträt

Swagato Sarkar is Professor at the OP Jindal Global University, Delhi, India.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: Politics of Primitive Accumulation
PART-I
Democracy and the Structure of Power
2 The State, Infrastructure, and Production of Democracy
3 NGOs and Politics of Governmentality
PART-II
Fighting Primitive Accumulation
4 The Kashipur Anti-Mining Movement
5 Activism, Despotic State, and the Legal Turn
6 Conclusion: Primitive Accumulation and the Structure of Power in the
Fifth Schedule Areas
Bibliography
Index

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Acknowledgements

1 Introduction: Politics of Primitive Accumulation

PART-I

Democracy and the Structure of Power

2 The State, Infrastructure, and Production of Democracy

3 NGOs and Politics of Governmentality

PART-II

Fighting Primitive Accumulation

4 The Kashipur Anti-Mining Movement

5 Activism, Despotic State, and the Legal Turn

6 Conclusion: Primitive Accumulation and the Structure of Power in the Fifth Schedule Areas



Bibliography



Index