Print version: Raya, Dayabati. Rural politics in India : political stratification and governance in West Bengal. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014 x, 279 pages ISBN 9781107042353
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Land, development and politics in West Bengal -- Kalipur and Kadampur : changing landscape of two villages in West Bengal -- Seeing the state and governance in the grassroots -- Party and politics at the margin -- A narrative of peasant resistance : land, party and the state -- Caste and power in rural context -- Women and caste : in struggle and in governance.
"Examines the everyday politics of rural India and tries to validate the analytical frameworks available for studying the social and political phenomena"--Provided by publisher..