Populism and Power: Farmers' movement in western India, 1980--2014 - Paperback

by D. N. Dhanagare (Author)

This book analyzes the ideology of populism in the context of democracy, by investigating the farmers' movement in Western India, especially in Maharashtra.The author contrasts the fundamentals of democracy with the prevailing power structures and highlights it as a cause for the apparent agrarian crisis in the region.

Author Biography

D. N. Dhanagare has taught at the Institute of Social Sciences, Agra University (1961-68); Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1968-77); and University of Poona, Pune (1977-95). He also served as Member-Secretary of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi (on deputation from 1991-93), and as Vice-Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur (1995-2000). He was invited by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla as National Fellow (2012-14), during which he completed the writing of this book. He completed his Masters in Sociology from Nagpur University and D. Phil. from the University of Sussex. His research interests broadly span agrarian sociology, sociology of social movements and development sociology. His books include Peasant Movements in India, c. 1920-1950 (1983); Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology (1993); and The Missing Tradition: Debates and Discourses in Indian Sociology (2014).