{"product_id":"the-everyday-state-and-society-in-modern-india","title":"The Everyday State and Society in Modern India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: C J Fuller\u003cbr\u003eVeronique Benei\/Eminent Contributors\u003cbr\u003e: C J Fuller\/Veronique Benei\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Social Science Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2012\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 221\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788187358572\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on how the large, amorphous and impersonal Indian state affects the everyday lives of ordinary citizens.  All the eight essays in this work are original contributions and are based on empirical research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book argues that state and society merge in the day-to-day lives of most Indians, and the boundary between them is blurred and negotiable according to social context and position.  The contributors adopt the position, contrary to that of many others, that most Indian are able comprehend and use the institutions of the state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is also the first book to present such a range of anthropological and sociological material on the Indian State, covering Delhi and Uttar Prudish in the north, Maharashtra in the west, West Bengal in the east, and Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south.  The central theme of the book, the everyday dimension of the state and society's relation to it in modern India, is explored in the first essay, an important contribution on the subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The essays dwell on a variety of issues such as riot management, the Emergency, corruption and cut across academic disciplines. Written lucidly, on themes, which preoccupy most people, these essays lend clarity and cogency to the confusion of everyday life, contributing to a better understanding of the Indian social and political environment.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The book will be of great interest to the specialist, but special care has been taken to make it accessible to the non-specialist reader as well, who will find these essays of immense value. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EDITORS: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC J FULLER is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  He is the author of The Camphor flame: popular Hinduism and society in India and Servants of the goddess: the priests of a south Indian temple. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVERONIQUE BENEI is a researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Research Fellow in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  She is the author of La dot en inde: un fleau social? Socio-anthroplogie due marriage au Maharashtra and co-editor of Intellectuels en diaspora et theories nomads.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"C J Fuller \/ Social Science Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153706447216,"sku":"8058","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8058.jpg?v=1793912953","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-everyday-state-and-society-in-modern-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}