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Hailing the State - Indian Democracy between Elections (Paperback)
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Hailing the State - Indian Democracy between Elections (Paperback)
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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 the law and fulfill electoral promises. She shows how
assembly, which ranges from sit-ins, hunger strikes, and demands
for meetings with officials to massive general strikes and road and
rail blockades, is fundamental to the functioning of democracy in
India. These techniques are particularly useful for historically
marginalized groups and others whose voices may not be easily
heard. Moving beyond an exclusive focus on electoral processes,
Mitchell argues that to understand democracy-both in India and
beyond-we must also pay attention to what occurs between elections,
thereby revising understanding of what is possible for democratic
action around the world.
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