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The book is an ethnographic exploration of how 'democracy' takes
social and cultural roots in India and in the process shapes the
nature of popular politics. It centres on a historically
marginalised caste who in recent years has become one of the most
assertive and politically powerful communities in North India: the
Yadavs. The Vernacularisation of Democracy is a vivid account of
how Indian popular democracy works on the ground. Challenging
conventional theories of democratisation the book shows how the
political upsurge of 'the lower orders' is situated within a wider
process of the vernacularisation of democratic politics, referring
to the ways in which values and practices of democracy become
embedded in particular cultural and social practices, and in the
process become entrenched in the consciousness of ordinary people.
During the 1990s, Indian democracy witnessed an upsurge in the
political participation of lower castes/communities and the
emergence of political leaders from humble social backgrounds who
present themselves as promoters of social justice for
underprivileged communities. Drawing on a large body of archival
and ethnographic material the author shows how the analysis of
local idioms of caste, kinship, kingship, popular religion, 'the
past' and politics ('the vernacular') inform popular perceptions of
the political world and of how the democratic process shapes in
turn 'the vernacular'. This line of enquiry provides a novel
framework to understand the unique experience of Indian democracy
as well as democratic politics and its meaning in other
contemporary post-colonial states. Using as a case study the
political ethnography of a powerful northern Indian caste (the
Yadavs) and combining ethnographic material with colonial and
post-colonial history the book examines the unique experience of
Indian popular democracy and provides a framework to analyse
popular politics in other parts of the world. The book fills
existing gaps in scholarly analysis of political processes by
contributing to the understanding of how democracy has been
internalised in the popular consciousness of different societies
through various abstract principles of political representation,
especially by exploring 'democracy' in areas which are not thought
of as political per se (for example, family, kinship, kingship,
popular religion, and local ideas of personhood).
The book is an ethnographic exploration of how 'democracy' takes
social and cultural roots in India and in the process shapes the
nature of popular politics. It centres on a historically
marginalised caste who in recent years has become one of the most
assertive and politically powerful communities in North India: the
Yadavs. The Vernacularisation of Democracy is a vivid account of
how Indian popular democracy works on the ground. Challenging
conventional theories of democratisation the book shows how the
political upsurge of 'the lower orders' is situated within a wider
process of the vernacularisation of democratic politics, referring
to the ways in which values and practices of democracy become
embedded in particular cultural and social practices, and in the
process become entrenched in the consciousness of ordinary people.
During the 1990s, Indian democracy witnessed an upsurge in the
political participation of lower castes/communities and the
emergence of political leaders from humble social backgrounds who
present themselves as promoters of social justice for
underprivileged communities. Drawing on a large body of archival
and ethnographic material the author shows how the analysis of
local idioms of caste, kinship, kingship, popular religion, 'the
past' and politics ('the vernacular') inform popular perceptions of
the political world and of how the democratic process shapes in
turn 'the vernacular'. This line of enquiry provides a novel
framework to understand the unique experience of Indian democracy
as well as democratic politics and its meaning in other
contemporary post-colonial states. Using as a case study the
political ethnography of a powerful northern Indian caste (the
Yadavs) and combining ethnographic material with colonial and
post-colonial history the book examines the unique experience of
Indian popular democracy and provides a framework to analyse
popular politics in other parts of the world. The book fills
existing gaps in scholarly analysis of political processes by
contributing to the understanding of how democracy has been
internalised in the popular consciousness of different societies
through various abstract principles of political representation,
especially by exploring 'democracy' in areas which are not thought
of as political per se (for example, family, kinship, kingship,
popular religion, and local ideas of personhood).
"Mafia" has become an indigenous South Asian term. Like Italian
mobsters, the South Asian "gangster politicians" are known for
inflicting brutal violence while simultaneously upholding vigilante
justice-inspiring fear and fantasy. But the term also refers to the
diffuse spheres of crime, business, and politics operating within a
shadow world that is popularly referred to as the rule of the
mafia, or "Mafia Raj." Through intimate stories of the lives of
powerful and aspiring bosses in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh,
this book illustrates their personal struggles for sovereignty as
they climb the ladder of success. Ethnographically tracing the
particularities of the South Asian case, the authors theorize what
they call "the art of bossing," providing nuanced ideas about
crime, corruption, and the lure of the strongman across the world.
"Mafia" has become an indigenous South Asian term. Like Italian
mobsters, the South Asian "gangster politicians" are known for
inflicting brutal violence while simultaneously upholding vigilante
justice-inspiring fear and fantasy. But the term also refers to the
diffuse spheres of crime, business, and politics operating within a
shadow world that is popularly referred to as the rule of the
mafia, or "Mafia Raj." Through intimate stories of the lives of
powerful and aspiring bosses in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh,
this book illustrates their personal struggles for sovereignty as
they climb the ladder of success. Ethnographically tracing the
particularities of the South Asian case, the authors theorize what
they call "the art of bossing," providing nuanced ideas about
crime, corruption, and the lure of the strongman across the world.
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