Review"Hasan's Quest for Power takes a much-needed microscopic look at the changing power relations between state and society in developing countries....the experience of Uttar Pradesh is a useful learning tool.--ChoiceProduct DescriptionSetting the analysis in a broader trajectory of change in Indian society and politics, this book explores the growth of the oppositional politics of farmers, other Backward Classes and Hindulva in Utta Pradesh and its majoritarian reformulation that contributed to the decimation of theCongress Party in the 1980s.About the AuthorZoya Hasan is at Jawaharlal Nehru University.