The Politics of the Governed: Reflections on Popular Politics in Most of the World (Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures)
Description
Often dismissed as the rumblings of "the street," popular politics is where political modernity is being formed today, according to Partha Chatterjee. The rise of mass politics all over the world in the twentieth century led to the development of new techniques of governing population groups. On the one hand, the idea of popular sovereignty has gained wide acceptance. On the other hand, the proliferation of security and welfare technologies has created modern governmental bodies that administer populations, but do not provide citizens with an arena for democratic deliberation. Und...
ISBN(s)
0231130627, 9780231130622
