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100 1 _aChhotray, Vasudha,
_d1975-
245 1 4 _aThe anti-politics machine in India :
_bstate, decentralization, and participatory watershed development /
_cVasudha Chhotray.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bAnthem Press,
_c2011.
300 _axlii, 238 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c24 cm.
365 _bRs. 7847.00
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe anti-politics machine in India -- The idea of "anti-politics" -- The Indian "anti-politics machine" -- The anti-politics watershed machine : the making of watershed development in India -- Two landscapes of decentralization -- Depoliticizing local institutions? panchayats and watershed committees -- The dialectics of consent in participatory practice.
520 _aThis book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory.
650 0 _aWater resources development
_zIndia.
650 0 _aRural development projects
_zIndia.
650 0 _aDecentralization in government
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xPolitics and government
_y1977-
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