Hailing the State: Indian Democracy Between Elections

by Lisa Mitchell

Book Overview

In Hailing the State, Lisa Mitchell explores the methods of collective assembly that people in India use to hold elected officials and government administrators accountable, demand inclusion in decision making, and stage informal referendums. Mitchell traces the colonial and postcolonial lineages of collective forms of assembly, in which--rather than rejecting state authority--participants mobilize with expectations that officials will uphold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478018763
• ISBN13: 9781478018766
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"