Power, poverty, and poison : disaster and response in an Indian city

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Power, poverty, and poison : disaster and response in an Indian city

James Manor

Sage Publications, 1993

  • : US
  • : India

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Bibliography: p. [190]-192

Includes index

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内容説明

Taking as a starting point the tragedy of over 300 people in Bangalore killed after drinking poisonous illicit liquor, this book examines the political, social and economic conditions in urban India today. The author examines the causes of such disasters and the response to it by institutions such as the medical services, the press, courts, police, bureaucracy, politicians and voters, in order to understand how a typical urban `system' works amid crisis in India today.

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PART ONE: THE DISASTER It Begins `Here of All Places...' - Bangalore Cantonment `Why Do They Drink the Stuff?' The Hooch Barons and the Excise Department PART TWO: THE RESPONSE Medical Services The Press The Courts and the Legal Process The Police Politicians and the Voters Survivors Implications

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