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020			_a9781032467573
082			_a320.954 _bSAR
100			_aSarkar, Swagato
245			_aDemocratic despotism: politics of primitive accumulation in India
260			_aLondon: _bRoutledge India, _c2023.
300			_ax, 163p. _bhbk: _c23cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book explores the history of forced land acquisition and transformation of power in the Fifth Schedule areas in India. It examines the contradictory imperatives of extractive capitalism and primitive accumulation, on the one hand, and autonomy and devolution of power to local communities, on the other. The book traces the long history of conflict, displacement, and violence in these areas in central India which are home to the Adivasis or indigenous people and are rich in natural resources. Drawing from an analysis of public policy debates, land acquisition acts, and political and developmental interventions, the book critically looks at the relationship between capitalism, dispossession, and democracy. The author investigates how the state constructed a weak democracy amenable for primitive accumulation, the role of NGOs in this process, the struggle for sovereignty and autonomy by local communities, and the attempts made by human rights activists to find judicial redressal to state violence. Through this engagement, the book offers a new theory of power. This book will interest researchers and students of political science, political anthropology, governance and public policy, development studies, sociology, law and government, minority and indigenous studies, and Odisha and South Asian studies. https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Despotism-Politics-of-Primitive-Accumulation-in-India/Sarkar/p/book/9781032305165
650			_aDemocracy
650			_aCapitalism
650			_aPolitics
650			_aPrimitive accumulation
650			_aKashipur
650			_aMining
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