This definitive study explores what the postcolonial condition has meant to rural people in the Third World. Based on fieldwork done in... Læs mere
Examining the chronic, widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest economy, Akhil Gupta theorizes the relation between the state in India and the poor as one of structural violence.
Examining the chronic, widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest economy, Akhil Gupta theorizes the relation between the state in India and the poor as one of structural violence.
Based on fieldwork done in the village of Alipur in rural north India from the early 1980s through the 19902, this book examines... Læs mere