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Elections in South Asia in the 1980s and 1990s have produced many surprises. Notwithstanding the initial scepticism voiced by many a western political analyst and despite interludes of dictatorships in one or two countries, democracy as a form of governance has won a general acceptance in the region. Electoral politics in the subcontinent aptly demonstrates this fact. This volume draws together studies by internationally acclaimed scholars on national, provincial ...
Labour history in India has often compared the working class in India with its counterpart in the west, describing it as a version of the migrant peasant. As a result, a consensus on the issue of class has been difficult. Also, the issue of working class organization and resistance has often been analysed as being sporadic and temporary. Against this background, the book explores the interaction between workers' politics, nationalist movements, and the colonial ...