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Stating the Difference: State, Discourse and Class Reproduction in Uttar Pradesh, India

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  • Craig Jeffrey
  • Jens Lerche

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Much development literature concerned with state–society relations operates with a simplistic state–people dichotomy. In contrast, this article focuses on the intersection between state and society and argues that this plays an important part in class reproduction in ‘civil society’. This issue is explored with reference to the role of the local state in class reproduction in the Indian countryside. The focus is on the means by which rural social groups negotiate access to the local state and discourses surrounding the state. The balance of colonization, co‐option and opposition that characterizes the relationship between dominant rural classes and local state officials/institutions is examined against the impact of the rise of a populist low class party. It is argued that the intersection between ‘class’ and ‘state’ is closer than even critical studies of state–society relations have posited. Moreover, the state can, within certain limits, be brought to serve interests other than those of the dominant classes.

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  • Craig Jeffrey & Jens Lerche, 2000. "Stating the Difference: State, Discourse and Class Reproduction in Uttar Pradesh, India," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 31(4), pages 857-878, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:31:y:2000:i:4:p:857-878
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00180
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    1. Chhavi Tiwari & Srinivas Goli & Mohammad Zahid Siddiqui & Pradeep S. Salve, 2022. "Poverty, wealth inequality and financial inclusion among castes in Hindu and Muslim communities in Uttar Pradesh, India," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(6), pages 1227-1255, August.
    2. Indrajit Roy, 2019. "Class Politics and Social Protection: A Comparative Analysis of Local Governments in India," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 14(2), pages 121-150, August.
    3. Levien, Michael, 2015. "Social Capital as Obstacle to Development: Brokering Land, Norms, and Trust in Rural India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 77-92.
    4. Gregory L Simon, 2010. "Mobilizing Cookstoves for Development: A Dual Adoption Framework Analysis of Collaborative Technology Innovations in Western India," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(8), pages 2011-2030, August.
    5. Michael Levien, 2014. "Social Capital as Obstacle to Development: Brokering Land,Norms, and Trust in Rural India," IEG Working Papers 341, Institute of Economic Growth.
    6. Jeffrey, Craig & Jeffery, Patricia & Jeffery, Roger, 2005. "Reproducing Difference? Schooling, Jobs, and Empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(12), pages 2085-2101, December.
    7. Manjusha Nair, 2020. "Land as a Transactional Asset: Moral Economy and Market Logic in Contested Land Acquisition in India," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 51(6), pages 1511-1532, November.

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