The Politics of Claim-Making in India

IF 1.4 4区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Pacific Affairs Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.5509/2021943567

Diego Maiorano

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Abstract

How do Indian citizens access the state? While a standard answer would be "through patronage," three recent books show that clientelism, while important, is just part of the story. Not just passive clients at the mercy of their political patrons, Indian citizens actively engage the state and their representatives to make claims and secure what is due to them. Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner's Claiming the State—Active Citizenship and Social Welfare in Rural India shows how rural dwellers navigate the local government system to access social welfare. Adam Auerbach's Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Goods Provision in India's Urban Slums documents how local political workers make claims on behalf of their neighbours and provide their settlements with essential services. Jennifer Bussell's Clients and Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies persuasively demonstrates the importance of higher-level representatives in providing assistance to their constituencies. Together, these books not only demonstrate how political the daily life of ordinary citizens is, but also how the Indian state, while far from its Weberian ideal, is much more inclusive than previously thought.

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印度的索赔政治

印度公民如何进入国家?虽然标准答案是“通过赞助”，但最近出版的三本书表明，庇护主义虽然很重要，但只是故事的一部分。印度公民不只是被动地听命于他们的政治赞助人，而是积极地与国家和他们的代表接触，提出要求，并获得应得的东西。加布里埃尔·克鲁克斯-威斯纳的《声称印度农村的国家主动公民身份和社会福利》展示了农村居民如何驾驭地方政府体系以获得社会福利。亚当·奥尔巴赫(Adam Auerbach)的《要求发展:印度城市贫民窟公共产品供应的政治》记录了当地政治工作者如何代表他们的邻居提出要求，并为他们的定居点提供基本服务。Jennifer Bussell的《客户与选民:任选民主中的政治回应》有力地证明了高层代表在为其选民提供帮助方面的重要性。总之，这些书不仅展示了普通公民的日常生活是如何政治化的，而且还展示了印度政府是如何比以前想象的更具包容性，尽管与韦伯的理想相距甚远。

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Pacific Affairs AREA STUDIES-

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