{"product_id":"democracy-and-social-cleavage-in-suman-nath-9781032117898","title":"Democracy and Social Cleavage in India: Ethnography of Riots, Everyday Politics and Communalism in West Bengal C. 2012-2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the emergence of identity politics and violence at the forefront of political life in an Indian state. Through a close reading of everyday politics in West Bengal, India, which until recently boasted of the longest-serving elected communist government in the world, the volume presents unique observations on Indian politics and its trajectories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first ethnographic studies of religious polarisation and its interface with politics in West Bengal, this book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a fresh perspective, both theoretically and empirically, by using longitudinal, multi-site ethnography, to explain the mechanisms by which identity issues have re-emerged;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies key policy changes, political practices and series of invented traditions during periods of political transition;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines intricate details of the micro-dynamics of the formulation and expansion of Hindu and Islamic fundamentalism and their political counterparts, which carry a capacity to push away secular, democratic forces from the existing political spectrum;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSheds light on the mechanisms of riots, its design, organisational bases and mechanisms of spread;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes key observations from the 2021 elections in the state.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science, social and cultural anthropology, sociology and South Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suman Nath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032117893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032117898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Suman Nath","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087490167039,"sku":"9781032117898","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01010f56-16f7-4d69-895e-74635b0a7d3a.jpg?v=1769100364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-social-cleavage-in-suman-nath-9781032117898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}