 | Elite Pluralism and Class Rule: Political development in Maharashtra, India Subjects: Maharashtra India (State) -- Politics and government; Elite (Social sciences) -- India -- Maharashtra (State); Social classes -- India -- Maharashtra (State); Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology. Professor Lele insists that the politicians of Maharashtra sustain, however dispersed, a hegemonic class rule. Lele Jayant : Jayant Lele is a member of the Departments of Political Studies and Sociology at Queen's University, Kingston. |
