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Bureaucracy, Community and Influence in India: Society and the State, 1930s - 1960s

This book derives from research undertaken between 2002 and 2009. Sourcing detailed primary material on Uttar Pradesh civil service cadres at PCS level and below for the late-colonial/early independence period was very difficult, due to inadequate record retention in regional archives. Even more importantly, sources on governmental transgression and corruption are notoriously difficult to obtain, and often require a strong and long-standing relationship with particular archivists. Building up appropriate fieldwork contacts for such research, too, could not have taken place over a shorter period than 3-4 years, since it required long-standing trust and a strong relationship with key administrative figures.