2. Discipline and Sacrifice in the Dirty Game of Politics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. Epigraph vi
4. Contents vii
5. Preface: No Neutrals ix
6. Acknowledgments xvii
7. List of Abbreviations xxi
8. Note on Terminology and Transliteration xxiii
9. Introduction: Political Opportunity through Activism 1
10. 1. Manufacturing the State, Politics, and Politicians 24
11. 2. Discipline and Sacrifice in the Dirty Game of Politics 50
12. 3. The Political Category of Youth 74
13. 4. The Organizational Form of Practice, Ideology, and Identity 97
14. 5. Speaking to Be Heard in a Traditionally Elite Enterprise 121
15. 6. Accumulating Influence through Scalar Politics 151
16. Conclusion: Dissensus and Political Regeneration 178
17. Appendix: Overview of Featured Political Parties 191
18. Notes 195
19. Bibliography 213
20. Index 231
21. Global South Asia 250