Contemporary India Transitions

Author : Peter De Souza,Peter Ronald DeSouza
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015052285809

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Contemporary India - Transitions by Peter De Souza,Peter Ronald DeSouza Pdf

With half a century behind independent India, a diverse and multidisciplinary group of scholars decided to reflect on India’s biography. The papers are grouped into five sections. Papers in section 1 look at India from a historical perspective, from the direction of literature and language, from the perspective of representations of Indian culture, and with a Dalit voice. The second section entitled Economy in Transition has papers covering industry, agriculture, welfare services, and the corporate sector. The next section examines the adopted constitutional order; institutions and processes that make up the polity; and the normative agenda for the future. Papers in section four look at such dominant themes as caste, gender, a uniform civil code, and the media in a globalised world. The last section, Goa in Transition, looks at a neglected region in India, from Goa`s finances and its environment to politics.

Author : B. Devi Prasad,Srilatha Juvva,Mahima Nayar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000094916

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The Contemporary Indian Family by B. Devi Prasad,Srilatha Juvva,Mahima Nayar Pdf

This book analyses the dynamics of the development of family structure in India over the past few decades. It captures the diversities and challenges of contemporary families and provides a culture and region-specific overview of how families adapt and change generationally. The book explores the paradigms of understanding family life in India through illustrations which trace patterns of family formations in the context of large-scale social, economic and media-driven changes. Besides discussing the ongoing debates on the sociology of family, the chapters in this volume also look at diverse families experiencing poverty, conflict and displacement and demystifies families with members having a disability or non-normative sexual orientation. The book will be useful to students and researchers of various disciplines, such as sociology, social work, family studies, women’s studies and anthropology.

Author : Radhika Seshan,Shraddha Kumbhojkar
Publisher : Routledge Chapman & Hall
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : India
ISBN : 0367734346

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Re-Searching Transitions in Indian History by Radhika Seshan,Shraddha Kumbhojkar Pdf

The idea of transitions in Indian history emerged early when the term 'transition' denoted shifts from one period to another. The notion of transition itself has moved beyond being primarily economic to include dimensions of society, culture and ideology. This volume brings together scholarly works that re-examine and re-define the concept of transition by looking into a range of subjects including religion, culture, gender, caste and community networks, maritime and mercantile modes, ideas of nationalism and historiographies across geographical and temporal settings. With contributions by leading scholars from South Asia, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of ancient history, modern Indian history, sociology and social anthropology, and South Asian studies.

Author : Sujata Patel,Tina Uys
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317810148

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Contemporary India and South Africa by Sujata Patel,Tina Uys Pdf

This book deals with the legacies of the Indian experiences of migration and diaspora in South Africa. It highlights the social imaginaries of the migrants and citizens as they negotiate between a reconstructed notion of ‘India’ and their real present and future in the country of citizenship. Both South Africa and India have had a long history of group-based identity movements against exploitation around caste and race, intersecting with class, gender, language, religion and region. The combined history has allowed them to participate in novel ways in the global arena as regional powers. The book suggests that the question of identity concerns itself with exploitation and oppression of excluded groups in both countries. The authors are particularly attentive to the manner in which the two democratic states have confronted the challenges of history together with contemporary demands of inclusion and discuss the dilemmas involved in resolving them. The volume also raises questions regarding future roles, especially in the fields of education and the environment. It will be of interest to those in the fields of sociology, political science, international relations, history, migration and diaspora studies, as well as to the general reader.

Author : F. Tomasson Jannuzi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : India
ISBN : 0002160072

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India In Transition: Issues Of Political Economy In A Plural Society by F. Tomasson Jannuzi Pdf

Author : Sambaiah Gundimeda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317381051

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Dalit Politics in Contemporary India by Sambaiah Gundimeda Pdf

This book is a ground-breaking intervention on Dalit politics in India. Challenging received ideas, it uses a comparative framework to understand Dalit mobilisations for political power, social equality and justice. The monograph traces the emergence of Dalit consciousness and its different strands in north and south India — from colonial to contemporary times — and interrogates key notions and events. These include: the debate regarding core themes such as the Hindu–Muslim cleavage in the north and caste in the south; the extent to which Dalits and other backward castes (OBC) base their anti-Brahminism on similar ideologies; and why Dalits in Uttar Pradesh (north India) succeeded in gaining power while they did not do so in the region of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh (south India), where Dalit consciousness is more evolved. Drawing on archival material, fieldwork and case studies, this volume puts forward an insightful and incisive analysis. It will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of Dalit studies and social exclusion, Indian politics and sociology.

Author : Sita Venkateswar,Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811004544

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Globalisation and the Challenges of Development in Contemporary India by Sita Venkateswar,Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Pdf

This volume brings together multidisciplinary, situated and nuanced analyses of contingent issues framing a rapidly changing India in the 21st century. It moves beyond the ready dichotomies that are often extended to understand India as a series of contrasts and offers new insights into the complex realities of India today, thereby enabling us to anticipate the decades to come. The editors focus on three major themes, each discussed in a section: The first section, Framing the Macro-Economic Environment, defines the framework for interrogating globalisation and socio-economic changes in India over the last few decades of the 20th century spiraling into India in the 21st century. The next section, Food Security and Natural Resources, highlights critical considerations involved in feeding a burgeoning population. The discussions pose important questions in relation to the resilience of both people and planet confronting increasingly unpredictable climate-induced scenarios. The final section, Development, Activism and Changing Technologies, discusses some of the social challenges of contemporary India through the lens of inequalities and emergent activisms. The section concludes with an elaboration of the potential and promise of changing technologies and new social media to build an informed and active citizenry across existing social divides.

Author : Chanwahn Kim,Rajiv Kumar
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811222351

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Great Transition In India: Critical Explorations by Chanwahn Kim,Rajiv Kumar Pdf

India is undergoing a great transition, as the post-reform generation strikes out into the world. The thinking, attitudes, culture, political preferences, consumption patterns and ambitions of the post-reform generations differ greatly from that of the earlier generations. As a consequence, the country is also witnessing rapid changes not only on the socio-political and economic fronts but also on the humanities front. This book seeks to explore great transition in India through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences. In doing so, it lays foundation not only for understanding India but also in initiating a new chapter for Indian and South Asian studies. With contributions by leading scholars, the book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and for anyone wishing to explore India in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Author : Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 877 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781000984231

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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India by Knut A. Jacobsen Pdf

This revised and updated new edition of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India concentrates on India as it emerged after the economic reforms and the new economic policy of the 1980s and 1990s and as it develops in the twenty-first century. It presents new developments and advancements in the research literature and includes discussions of the major political change in India since the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. This Handbook contains chapters by the field’s foremost scholars dealing with fundamental issues in India’s current cultural and social transformation. This new edition also contains six new chapters on topics not covered by the first edition, such as changes caused by the Hindu majoritarian political ideology, the Hinduization process in the northeast of India and contemporary Dalit and Adivasi literatures. Following an introduction by the editor, the book is divided into five parts: Part I: Foundation Part II: India and the world Part III: Society, class, caste and gender Part IV: Religion and diversity Part V: Cultural change and innovations Exploring the cultural changes and innovations relating a number of contexts in contemporary India, this Handbook is essential reading for students and scholars interested in Indian and South Asian culture, politics and society.

Author : Lisa Anderson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231502474

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Transitions to Democracy by Lisa Anderson Pdf

Are the factors that initiate democratization the same as those that maintain a democracy already established? The scholarly and policy debates over this question have never been more urgent. In 1970, Dankwart A. Rustow's clairvoyant article "Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model" questioned the conflation of the primary causes and sustaining conditions of democracy and democratization. Now this collection of essays by distinguished scholars responds to and extends Rustow's classic work, Transitions to Democracy--which originated as a special issue of the journal Comparative Politics and contains three new articles written especially for this volume--represents much of the current state of the large and growing literature on democratization in American political science. The essays simultaneously illustrate the remarkable reach of Rustow's prescient article across the decades and reveal what the intervening years have taught us. In light of the enormous opportunities of the post-Cold War world for the promotion of democratic government in parts of the world once thought hopelessly lost of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, this timely collection constitutes and important contribution to the debates and efforts to promote the more open, responsive, and accountable government we associate with democracy.

Author : M. N. (Manabendra Nath) 1887-1954 Roy
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1371870225

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INDIA IN TRANSITION by M. N. (Manabendra Nath) 1887-1954 Roy Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : B. B. Mohanty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317310396

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Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition by B. B. Mohanty Pdf

This book evaluates the relevance of classical debates on agrarian transition and extends the horizon of contemporary debates in the Indian context, linking national trends with regional experiences. It identifies new dynamics in agrarian political economy and presents a comprehensive account of diverse aspects of capitalist transition both at theoretical and empirical levels. The essays discuss several neglected domains in agricultural economics such as discursive dimensions of agrarian relations and limitations of stereotypical binaries between capital and non-capital, rural and urban sectors, agriculture and industry, and accumulation and subsistence. With contributions from major scholars in the field, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of agriculture, economics, political economy, sociology, rural development and development studies.

Author : Beatrice Pitney Lamb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : India
ISBN : OCLC:633818115

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India; A World in Transition by Beatrice Pitney Lamb Pdf

Author : Chanwahn Kim,Misu Kim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811285516

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Great Transition In India: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Chanwahn Kim,Misu Kim Pdf

India, with its vast population, has become a focal point of global attention due to its remarkable economic growth and potential. In addition, India's geo-political influence has assumed significance within the context of Indo-Pacific strategy. This has further intensified the need to understand and examine India's great transition from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The first two decades following independence were significant in highlighting the challenges faced by a newly independent nation and the strategies employed to address them. The pivotal turning point in 1991, when India initiated comprehensive economic reforms, also set the stage for a diverse political climate characterized by evolving ideologies.This book comprehends ongoing transition in India from interdisciplinary perspective. The chapters in the book highlight the key milestones and shifts in India's journey since its inception as an independent nation in 1947. Written in a simple and accessible manner, the book comprehensively addresses a diverse range of issues concerning India's significant transition, engaging prominent scholars from respective fields.

Author : Manabendra Nath Roy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:312501769

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India in Transition by Manabendra Nath Roy Pdf