1st Edition

New Subjects and New Governance in India

416 Pages

by Routledge India

416 Pages

by Routledge India

416 Pages

by Routledge India

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This volume looks at the ways in which governance in the exercise of its strategies also acts as a process of production of subjects. It argues that governance is not a one-sided affair starting and ending with those who rule and govern, producing fiats, decrees, and diktats, but a productive process — one that produces subjects of governance who in turn respond to the process, and... Read more

List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I. A Second Transition? Sources of Legitimacy and ‘Scientific’ Governance 1. The Democratic Story of Twin Challenges to Governance: Identity Needs and Developmental Needs Amit Prakash 2. New Technique of Governance: E-Governance and India’s Democratic Experience Dipankar Sinha 3. Disasters: Experiences of Development during the Embankment Years in Bihar Manish K. Jha 4. Between Ecology and Economy: Environmental Governance in India Sutirtha Bedajna 5. Conflict and Development: Implications for Democracy and Governance Sujata Dutta Hazarika Part II. The Production of Appropriate Subjects 6. The Cultured Subjects Badri Narayan Tiwari 7. A Well-behaved Minority Population Ranabir Samaddar 8. The Educated Subjects Anup Dhar. Bibliography. About the Editors and Contributors. Index