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India and the age of crisis : the local politics of global economic and ecological fragility, edited by Michael Gillan and Rob Lambert

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Much of the discussion of India in the public sphere has focused on economic policy settings and restructuring, annual growth rates, trade relations and the nation's status as an economic and political actor within the international system. This collection considers other dimensions of socio-economic transformation in India and its profound impact on society and nature. While economic and ecological fragility are now very apparently problems of a 'global' scale they are nevertheless grounded and experienced at the local scale where vulnerable and marginal people located in the urban periphery and in rural areas confront these 'crises' most acutely. The studies in this collection encompass many of the most important social and political concerns of India in this age of crisis, namely, the politics of water resources and land acquisition and use; the interaction between food security, markets, and institutions; the politics and strategies of labour movements; narratives and practices of 'development' and contestation over forms of agrarian production in India; the link between urbanisation and local class, caste and political actors; and the potential for civil society to either be co-opted or to contest neoliberal logics and forms of governance. This book was published as a special issue of 'South Asia : journal of South Asian studies'.--
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eng
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viii, 135 pages
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  • 1. Introduction: India and the Age of Crisis / Rob Lambert
  • 2. Accumulation and Dispossession: Contradictions of Growth and Development in Contemporary India / Swapna Banerjee-Guha
  • 3. Labour Movements and the Age of Crisis: Scale, Form and Repertoires of Action in India and Beyond / Rob Lambert
  • 4. Dispossession by Confusion from Mineral-Rich Lands in Central India / Patrik Oskarsson
  • 5. Food Security as a Lagging Component of India's Human Development: A Function of Interacting Entitlement Failures / Madhushree Sekher
  • 6. Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and Ǹatural Farming' as a Response / Trent Brown
  • 7. Trans-Boundary Water Resources and Uneven Development: Crisis Within and Beyond Contemporary India / Douglas P. Hill
  • 8. Doing Development or Creating Dependency? NGOs and Civil Society in India / Sarbeswar Sahoo
  • 9.The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation: A Case Study of Gurgaon, India / Tathagata Chatterji
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9781138805712
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India and the age of crisis : the local politics of global economic and ecological fragility
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India and the age of crisis
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the local politics of global economic and ecological fragility
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edited by Michael Gillan and Rob Lambert
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Editor
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Language
eng
Summary
Much of the discussion of India in the public sphere has focused on economic policy settings and restructuring, annual growth rates, trade relations and the nation's status as an economic and political actor within the international system. This collection considers other dimensions of socio-economic transformation in India and its profound impact on society and nature. While economic and ecological fragility are now very apparently problems of a 'global' scale they are nevertheless grounded and experienced at the local scale where vulnerable and marginal people located in the urban periphery and in rural areas confront these 'crises' most acutely. The studies in this collection encompass many of the most important social and political concerns of India in this age of crisis, namely, the politics of water resources and land acquisition and use; the interaction between food security, markets, and institutions; the politics and strategies of labour movements; narratives and practices of 'development' and contestation over forms of agrarian production in India; the link between urbanisation and local class, caste and political actors; and the potential for civil society to either be co-opted or to contest neoliberal logics and forms of governance. This book was published as a special issue of 'South Asia : journal of South Asian studies'.--
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Gillan, Michael
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330.95405
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Lambert, Robert
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  • Environmental policy
  • Sustainable development
  • India
  • India
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India and the age of crisis : the local politics of global economic and ecological fragility, edited by Michael Gillan and Rob Lambert
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
1. Introduction: India and the Age of Crisis / Rob Lambert -- 2. Accumulation and Dispossession: Contradictions of Growth and Development in Contemporary India / Swapna Banerjee-Guha -- 3. Labour Movements and the Age of Crisis: Scale, Form and Repertoires of Action in India and Beyond / Rob Lambert -- 4. Dispossession by Confusion from Mineral-Rich Lands in Central India / Patrik Oskarsson -- 5. Food Security as a Lagging Component of India's Human Development: A Function of Interacting Entitlement Failures / Madhushree Sekher -- 6. Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and Ǹatural Farming' as a Response / Trent Brown -- 7. Trans-Boundary Water Resources and Uneven Development: Crisis Within and Beyond Contemporary India / Douglas P. Hill -- 8. Doing Development or Creating Dependency? NGOs and Civil Society in India / Sarbeswar Sahoo -- 9.The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation: A Case Study of Gurgaon, India / Tathagata Chatterji
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FIEb17604138
Dimensions
26 cm.
Extent
viii, 135 pages
Isbn
9781138805712
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
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  • n
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(OCoLC)897731755
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India and the age of crisis : the local politics of global economic and ecological fragility, edited by Michael Gillan and Rob Lambert
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
1. Introduction: India and the Age of Crisis / Rob Lambert -- 2. Accumulation and Dispossession: Contradictions of Growth and Development in Contemporary India / Swapna Banerjee-Guha -- 3. Labour Movements and the Age of Crisis: Scale, Form and Repertoires of Action in India and Beyond / Rob Lambert -- 4. Dispossession by Confusion from Mineral-Rich Lands in Central India / Patrik Oskarsson -- 5. Food Security as a Lagging Component of India's Human Development: A Function of Interacting Entitlement Failures / Madhushree Sekher -- 6. Agrarian Crisis in Punjab and Ǹatural Farming' as a Response / Trent Brown -- 7. Trans-Boundary Water Resources and Uneven Development: Crisis Within and Beyond Contemporary India / Douglas P. Hill -- 8. Doing Development or Creating Dependency? NGOs and Civil Society in India / Sarbeswar Sahoo -- 9.The Micro-Politics of Urban Transformation in the Context of Globalisation: A Case Study of Gurgaon, India / Tathagata Chatterji
Control code
FIEb17604138
Dimensions
26 cm.
Extent
viii, 135 pages
Isbn
9781138805712
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)897731755

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