Elite Pluralism and Class Rule : : Political development in Maharashtra, India / / Jayant Lele.

Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology. Professor Lele insists that the politicians of Maharashtra sustain, however dispersed, a hegemonic class ru...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©1981
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (263 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Kinship, Village, and the Maratha Hegemony
  • 3 Social Structure and Politicization
  • 4 Political Arenas and the Elite
  • 5 Democracy and Elite Interests: A Case Study
  • 6 Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Study of the Rural Political Process in Maharashtra 1967-8
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • General Index