A study of the system of political stratification and the pattern
of political alliances in rural Western Maharashtra. Based on
fieldwork in a large village, a nearby market town and taluka
headquarters, and political institutions in the surrounding
countryside, the first half of the book is a full examination of
the phenomenon of regional dominance originally described by Adrian
Mayer. The second part is a detailed study of the pattern of
political alliances from village to district level. Dr Carter's
central concern is with the manner in which the pattern of
political alliances is shaped by political stratification. Tracing
the relationships between these alliances and such factors as
political stratification, political arenas, caste, class, and
kinship, Dr Carter demonstrates that much Indian political
behaviour which has been regarded as irrational or as a sign of an
immature, tradition-bound and unstable system may be understood
more usefully as a rational response to the conditions of political
action in rural India.
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