Power and influence in India [electronic resource] : bosses, lords and captains / editors, Pamela Price, Arild Engelsen Ruud.
Material type: TextSeries: Exploring the political in South Asia ; 5.Publication details: New Delhi : Routledge, 2010. Description: xxxiv, 253 pISBN: 9780203085417 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Political leadership -- India -- Congresses | Power (Social sciences) -- India -- Congresses | Politicians -- India -- Congresses | Democracy -- India -- Congresses | India -- Politics and government -- 1947- -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.Based on a conference in Norway, Dec. 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Creating followers, gaining patrons : leadership strategies in a Tamil Nadu village / Bjáeorn Alm -- 2. Leadership and political work / Mukulika Banerjee -- 3. Wrestling with (body) politics : understanding 'Goonda' political styles in north India / Lucia Michelutti -- 4. To create a crowd : student leaders in Dhaka / Arild Engelsen Ruud -- 5. Contradictory youth politics : student mobilisation in Uttar Pradesh / Craig Jeffrey -- 6. The new caste headman? : Dalit movement leadership in Tamil Nadu / Hugo Gorringe -- 7. The enduring appeal of populist leadership in contemporary Tamil Nadu / Andrew Wyatt -- 8. Leadership and the power of honour in a corrupt system / Paul R. Brass -- 9. Beyond clientelism : Digvijay Singh's participatory, pro-poor strategy in Madhya Pradesh / James Manor -- 10. Development, drought and campaign rhetoric in south India : Chandrababu Naidu and the Telugu Desam party, 2003-2004 / Pamela Price.
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