State Formation and Radical Democracy in India

Analyzing one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely Kerala in southern India, this book offers a new, historically based explanation for Kerala's post-independence political and economic direction.

Desai, Manali

1. Old Legacies, New Protests 2. The Political-Economy of Rule and Rebellion 3. State Formation and Social Movements 4. Political Practices and Left Ascendancy in Kerala, 1920-1947 5. Structure, Practices and Weak Left Hegemony in Bengal, 1925-1947 6. Insurgent and Electoral Logics in Policy Regimes, Kerala and Bengal Compared, 1947-1991. Afterword