1st Edition
Democratic Despotism Politics of Primitive Accumulation in India
By Swagato Sarkar
Copyright 2023
174 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
174 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
174 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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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.
The book traces the long history of conflict, displacement, and violence in these areas... Read more
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
Biography
Swagato Sarkar is Professor at the OP Jindal Global University, Delhi, India.
