Abstract
• Rural Indians cannot rely on official procedures to obtain social welfare entitlements. • The rural poor make claims on local politicians to access welfare. • Claims-making by poor people in rural India combine elements of 'clientelism', 'citizenship' and 'political society'. • An agonistic account of claims-making recognises its heterogeniety while appreciating the importance of both consent and contestation.
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