In Pursuit of Development

Politics of the poor — Indrajit Roy

Episode Summary

Dan Banik and Indrajit Roy discuss how poverty should be understood and measured, the poverty-democracy relationship, the scale and extent of poverty in India, and how people living in poverty participate in everyday politics.

Episode Notes

Even though the world is richer today than ever before, a large number of people do not share in those riches, even in democracies. So, what does living in a democracy mean for people who simultaneously confront persistent deprivations and increasing inequalities? Do people living in poverty absorb the universalistic ideas associated with democracy? Or do their precarious lives overwhelm them so much so that they cannot act beyond particularistic concerns? These are the questions that Indrajit Roy tackles in Politics of the Poor: Negotiating Democracy in Contemporary India. 

Indrajit Roy is Senior Lecturer in Global Development Politics at the University of York. 

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