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Communist rural councillors in Kerala
Journal of Asian and African studies • 3 (3-4) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 181-202
By: Gough, Kathleen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In 1957 the newly-formed Kerala state had the first Communist government to win a popular election in India. This paper discusses some of the dilemmas Communist activists encountered performing their duties as elected rural councilors. At times, councilors pragmatically softened their Communist rhetoric and partisanship to please members of opposition political groups, including those they otherwise labelled as "bourgeois" and "class enemy." At other times, councilors used their executive roles to deliberately manipulate the implementation of development programs and delivery of social services to benefit their landless supporters at the expense of the land-rich and their political allies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Political parties
- Classes
- Community councils
- Local officials
- Political movements
- Pressure politics
- Elections
- Research and development
- Public welfare
- Social relationships and groups
- Inter-community relations
- Real property
- Government regulation
- Miscellaneous government activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1948-1949, 1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1915-1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kannur and Thrissur districts, Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kathleen Gough
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-202)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75001539
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kerala (India)