Great Transition In India Issues And Debates

Author : Chanwahn Kim,Misu Kim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 238 pages
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Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811272301

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Great Transition In India: Issues And Debates by Chanwahn Kim,Misu Kim Pdf

India has been experiencing a significant transition as the new generation born after the economic reforms in 1991 has emerged as a main player in the Indian society. Now in their 20s and 30s, this generation has different attitudes and preferences toward religion, politics and consumption from their parents. As a result, the country is also witnessing rapid changes.This book seeks to explore great transition in India through interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives related to Digital India, Foreign Policy and Social Identity including Caste. It attempts to lay foundation for understanding India and will be of great interest to students, researchers and for anyone is interested in India.

Author : Lata Mani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520921153

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Contentious Traditions by Lata Mani Pdf

Contentious Traditions analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. Though the prohibition of widow burning in 1829 was heralded as a key step forward for women's emancipation in modern India, Lata Mani argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Mani radically revises colonialist as well as nationalist historiography on the social reform of women's status in the colonial period and clarifies the complex and contradictory character of missionary writings on India. The history of widow burning is one of paradox. While the chief players in the debate argued over the religious basis of sati and the fine points of scriptural interpretation, the testimonials of women at the funeral pyres consistently addressed the material hardships and societal expectations attached to widowhood. And although historiography has traditionally emphasized the colonial horror of sati, a fascinated ambivalence toward the practice suffused official discussions. The debate normalized the violence of sati and supported the misconception that it was a voluntary act of wifely devotion. Mani brilliantly illustrates how situated feminism and discourse analysis compel a rewriting of history, thus destabilizing the ways we are accustomed to look at women and men, at "tradition," custom, and modernity.

Author : Chanwahn Kim,Misu Kim
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789811248801

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Great Transition In Indian Society: Religion, Economy And Foreign Policy by Chanwahn Kim,Misu Kim Pdf

This edited book consists of various chapters — including articles from different leading scholars, on the Great Transition in India with respect to religion, economy and foreign policy. The main aim of the book is to comprehend ongoing transition in India from interdisciplinary perspectives.

Author : B. B. Mohanty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317310389

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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 : Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134132683

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Indian Politics and Society since Independence by Bidyut Chakrabarty Pdf

Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.

Author : Utsa Patnaik
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Agricultural productivity
ISBN : 019562565X

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Agrarian Relations and Accumulation by Utsa Patnaik Pdf

The sixties and seventies saw a wide-ranging debate on the growth of capitalist production in Indian agriculture, which soon became known as "the mode of production" debate. This book brings together a selection of the articles which constituted the corpus of the debate. The contributions illuminate the basic conceptual issues behind the debate: what is agricultural "capitalism", particularly in an ex-colonial country; how are "feudalism" and "semi-feudalism" to be conceptualized; in what way do landlord-tenant relations constrain productive development and how do they shape the contours of capitalist accumulation? This book will be of interest to those in the areas of economics, political history, and government.

Author : Ashley J. Tellis,Bibek Debroy,Reece Trevor
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780870034275

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Getting India Back on Track by Ashley J. Tellis,Bibek Debroy,Reece Trevor Pdf

India has fallen far and fast from the runaway growth rates it enjoyed in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In order to reverse this trend, New Delhi must seriously reflect on its policy choices across a wide range of issue areas. Getting India Back on Track broadly coincides with the 2014 Indian elections to spur a public debate about the program that the next government should pursue in order to return the country to a path of high growth. It convenes some of India's most accomplished analysts to recommend policies in every major sector of the Indian economy. Taken together, these seventeen focused and concise memoranda offer policymakers and the general public alike a clear blueprint for India's future. Contents Foreword Ratan N. Tata (Chairman, Tata Trusts) Introduction Ashley J. Tellis and Reece Trevor (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) 1. Maintaining Macroeconomic Stability Ila Patnaik (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) 2. Dismantling the Welfare State Surjit Bhalla (Oxus Investments) 3. Revamping Agriculture and the Public Distribution System Ashok Gulati (Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices) 4. Revisiting Manufacturing Policy Rajiv Kumar (Centre for Policy Research) 5. Generating Employment Omkar Goswami (Corporate and Economic Research Group) 6. Expanding Education and Skills Laveesh Bhandari (Indicus Analytics) 7. Confronting Health Challenges A. K. Shiva Kumar (National Advisory Council) 8. Accelerating Infrastructure Modernization Rajiv Lall and Ritu Anand (IDFC Limited) 9. Managing Urbanization Somik Lall and Tara Vishwanath (World Bank) 10. Renovating Land Management Barun S. Mitra (Liberty Institute) and Madhumita D. Mitra (consultant) 11. Addressing Water Management Tushaar Shah (International Water Management Institute) and Shilp Verma (independent researcher) 12. Reforming Energy Policy and Pricing Sunjoy Joshi (Observer Research Foundation) 13. Managing the Environment Ligia Noronha (Energy and Resources Institute) 14. Strengthening Rule of Law Devesh Kapur (University of Pennsylvania) and Milan Vaishnav (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) 15. Correcting the Administrative Deficit Bibek Debroy (Centre for Policy Research) 16. Building Advanced Technology Capacity for Competitive Arms Acquisition Ravinder Pal Singh (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) 17. Rejuvenating Foreign Policy C. Raja Mohan (Observer Research Foundation and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Author : B. B. Mohanty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : Sujata Patel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199089659

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Doing Sociology in India by Sujata Patel Pdf

This important volume on the history of sociology in India locates scholars, scholarship, theories, perspectives, and practices of the discipline in different cities and regions of the country over a century. It argues that this history is enmeshed in political projects of constructing a ‘society’, which took place as a result of colonialism and dominant nationalism. The book affirms the existence of both strong and weak traditions of scholarship in India and underscores three processes that have aided this development at various points of time: reflexive interrogation of received scholarship; probing ideal types of theories within classrooms; and questioning existing debates on society and its language by the public.

Author : Karl Polanyi
Publisher : Random House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781802065169

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The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi Pdf

Tracing the history of capitalism in England and beyond, Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 classic brilliantly exposed the myth of laissez-faire economics. From the great transformation that occurred during the industrial revolution onwards, he showed, there has been nothing 'natural' about the market state. Instead, the economy must always be embedded in society, and human needs and relations. Witnessing the 'avalanche of social dislocation' of his time - from the Great Depression, to the rise of fascism and communism and the First and Second World Wars - Polanyi ends with a rallying cry for freedom, and a passionate vision to protect our common humanity.

Author : Rosie Warren
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784786977

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The Debate on Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital by Rosie Warren Pdf

Leading thinkers’ critiques of award-winning Postcolonial Theory, as well as the author’s responses and reformulations Vivek Chibber’s Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital was hailed on publication as “without any doubt … a bomb,” and “the most substantive effort to dismantle the field through historical reasoning published to date.” It immediately unleashed one of the most important recent debates in social theory, ranging across the humanities and social sciences, on the status of postcolonial studies, modernity, and much else. This book brings together major critics of Chibber’s work to assess the efficacy of his argument from differing perspectives. Included are Chibber’s own spirited responses and reformulations in light of these criticisms. With contributions by Partha Chatterjee, Gayatri Spivak, Bruce Robbins, Ho-fung Hung, William H. Sewell, Jr., Bruce Cumings, George Steinmetz, Michael Schwartz, David Pederson, Stein Sundstøl Eriksen, and Achin Vanaik.

Author : Amartya Sen
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : India
ISBN : 9780143418030

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The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen Pdf

Author : Mauro Bonaiuti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317820284

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The Great Transition by Mauro Bonaiuti Pdf

Recent events including the financial crisis and the gradual lessening of the planet’s natural resources have raised the fundamental question as to whether the capitalist market system can survive its own contradictions or whether we are witnessing the outset of a profound change in civilization. By deploying the tools of the science of complexity alongside those of historical research, Mauro Bonaiuti tackles this basic question, posed against a backcloth of declining marginal returns where growth in the complexity of industrial, military and bureaucratic-institutional apparatuses is thought to have led to progressive increases in economic, social and environmental costs. In this framework, the economic crisis we are traversing, grave as it is, could be interpreted not as a simple cyclical crisis, from which it is possible to escape by the traditional policies of supporting growth, but as the outcome of a ‘passage of civilization’ inscribed in the long-term evolutionary dynamics of capitalism. After the crisis that started in 2008, with millions of people unemployed, with the failure of the economy to pick up and with the ever-growing sense of precariousness and insecurity, we are beginning to suspect that we are facing something more than a cyclical crisis.

Author : Harsh V. Pant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230612952

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Contemporary Debates in Indian Foreign and Security Policy by Harsh V. Pant Pdf

As India's attempts to carve out a foreign policy that is in sync with the irrising international stature,they are having to deal with a range of issues that are controversial but central to the future of an Indian global strategy. This book examines these issues and deduces major trends in Indian foreign policy.

Author : Fabio Leone
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498569378

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Prophet and Statesmen in Crafting Democracy in India by Fabio Leone Pdf

Addressing the relationship between the leadership and democratization processes in India, this study examines how political leaders can successfully steer the process of regime change within complex, hostile, and undemocratic conditions.