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South Asia 2060
Envisioning Regional Futures
Inbunden, 2013
1493 kr
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“South Asia 2060” is a dialogue among 47 experts from a diverse range of expertise and backgrounds, ranging from policymakers to academia to civil society activists and visionaries, on the likely longer-range trajectories of South Asia’s future. The collection explores current regional trends, …
Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond
Structures, Agents, Practices
Av Uwe Skoda, Kenneth Bo Nielsen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
1156 kr
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‘Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond’ contains a collection of lucid, empirically grounded articles that explore and analyse the structures, agents and practices of social inclusion and exclusion in contemporary India and beyond. The volume combines a broad …
Two Decades of Market Reform in India
Some Dissenting Views
Inbunden, 2013
1165 kr
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Have neoliberal policies truly yielded beneficial effects for India? ‘Two Decades of Market Reform in India’ presents a collection of essays that challenge the conventional wisdom of Indian market reforms, examining the effects of neoliberal policies enacted by the Indian government and exploding …
Fortified Cities of Ancient India
A Comparative Study
Inbunden, 2013
1190 kr
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Authored by one of the leading scholars of German Indology, “Fortified Cities in Ancient India” offers a comparative exploration of the development of towns and cities in ancient India. Based on in-depth textual and archeological research, Professor Dieter Schlingloff’s work presents for the first …
Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India
Interrogating Political Society
Inbunden, 2012
1156 kr
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‘Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society’ critically unpacks the concept of ‘political society’, which was formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in the postcolonial context. The volume’s case studies, drawn from across India and combined with a …
India and the World Bank
The Politics of Aid and Influence
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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'The World Bank needs India more than India needs it.' So goes an emerging consensus on both sides of the relationship between the Bank and its largest borrower. This book analyzes the politics of aid and influence. The Bank, struggling to remain relevant amid India’s recent rapid growth and …
Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture
The History of Understanding and Understanding of History
Häftad, 2011
422 kr
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‘Dialogics of Self, the Mahabharata and Culture: The History of Understanding and Understanding of History’ explores the interrelationships between individual and cultural historical dynamics in interpreting texts, using key concepts from Bakhtin’s theory of dialogics. This ambitious volume …
Studies in the Kasikavrtti. The Section on Pratyaharas
Critical Edition, Translation and Other Contributions
Av Pascale Haag, Vincenzo Vergiani
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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The volume is the first outcome of an international project aiming to create a complete critical edition of the ‘Kasikavrtti’ (7th c. CE) of Jayaditya and Vamana, the oldest surviving complete commentary on the ‘Astadhyayi of Panini’ (ca. 4th c. BCE). The first phase, culminating in this critical …
Mapping the Nation
An Anthology of Indian Poetry in English, 1870–1920
Inbunden, 2012
1484 kr
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Focusing specifically on the poetic construction of India, ‘Mapping the Nation’ offers a broad selection of poetry written by Indians in English during the period 1870–1920. Centering upon the “mapping” of India – both as a regional location and as a poetic ideal – this unique anthology presents …
New India?
Critical Reflections in the Long Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2012
435 kr
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This volume critically examines the notion of a ‘new’ India by acknowledging that India is changing remarkably and by indicating that in the overzealous enthusiasm about the new India, there is collective amnesia about the other, older India. The book argues that the increasing consolidation of …
Mahatma Misunderstood
The Politics and Forms of Literary Nationalism in India
Inbunden, 2013
1300 kr
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“The Mahatma Misunderstood” studies the relationship between the production of novels in late-colonial India and nationalist agitation promoted by the Indian National Congress. The volume examines the process by which novelists who were critically engaged with Gandhian nationalism, and who saw both …
Statemaking and Territory in South Asia
Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)
Inbunden, 2012
1190 kr
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“Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)” seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and …
Postliberalization Indian Novels in English
Politics of Global Reception and Awards
Inbunden, 2013
1329 kr
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“Postliberalization Indian Novels in English: Politics of Global Reception and Awards” is a critical handbook that focuses on trends in contemporary Indian novels and discusses the global reception of these works. The volume provides a systematic approach to the study of Indian novelists that have …
Stages of Life
Indian Theatre Autobiographies
Inbunden, 2011
1190 kr
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The vanished world of India’s late-colonial theatre provides the backdrop for the autobiographies in this book. The life-stories of a quartet of early Indian actors and poet-playwrights are here translated into English for the first time. These men were schooled not in the classroom but in large …
Anti-Politics Machine in India
State, Decentralization and Participatory Watershed Development
Inbunden, 2011
1131 kr
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This book assesses the validity of ‘anti-politics’ critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the new context provided by decentralization of state functioning where keeping politics out of development (development as the …
Bollywood and Globalization
Indian Popular Cinema, Nation, and Diaspora
Av Rini Bhattacharya Mehta, Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande
Häftad, 2011
422 kr
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Commercial cinema has always been one of the biggest indigenous industries in India, and remains so in the post-globalization era, when Indian economy has entered a new phase of global participation, liberalization and expansion. Issues of community, gender, society, social and economic justice, …
Religion and Identity in South Asia and Beyond
Essays in Honor of Patrick Olivelle
Inbunden, 2011
1156 kr
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This volume brings together sixteen articles on the religions, literatures and histories of South and Central Asia in tribute to Patrick Olivelle, one of North America’s leading Sanskritists and historians of early India. Over the last four decades, the focus of his scholarship has been on the …
Introduction to Changing India
Culture, Politics and Development
Av Sirpa Tenhunen, Minna Säävälä
Häftad, 2012
261 kr
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“An Introduction to Changing India” provides a comprehensive view of the rapid changes occurring in India, particularly in the fields of culture, politics, economics and technology, population, environmental issues and gender. Having carried out anthropological research on kinship, gender issues, …
Taiwan Today
Av Anita Sharma, Sreemati Chakrabarti
Inbunden, 2010
926 kr
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The 1980s economic boom in East Asia drew the world’s attention towards Taiwan. India-Taiwan economic relations have been growing and the setting up of economic and cultural centres has promoted people-to-people contacts. Cultural and educational ties between the two nations are also increasing. …
Aboard the Democracy Train
A Journey through Pakistan's Last Decade of Democracy
Häftad, 2011
275 kr
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‘Aboard the Democracy Train’ is about politics and journalism in Pakistan. It is a gripping front-line account of the country’s decade of turbulent democracy (1988-1999), as told through the eyes of the only woman reporter working during the Zia era at ‘Dawn’, Pakistan’s leading English language …
South Asia 2060
Envisioning Regional Futures
Häftad, 2013
602 kr
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“South Asia 2060” is a dialogue among 47 experts from a diverse range of expertise and backgrounds, ranging from policymakers to academia to civil society activists and visionaries, on the likely longer-range trajectories of South Asia’s future. The collection explores current regional trends, …
Globalization, Nationalism and the Text of ‘Kichaka-Vadha’
The First English Translation of the Marathi Anticolonial Classic, with a Historical Analysis of Theatre in British India
Inbunden, 2014
1329 kr
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In addition to providing the first English translation of the anticolonial Marathi classic ‘Kichaka-Vadha’, this volume is the only edition of the play, in any language, to provide an extensive historical-critical analysis which draws on a comprehensive range of archival documents. It is also the …
Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India
Av Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Anne Waldrop
Inbunden, 2014
1131 kr
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The pace of socioeconomic transformation in India over the past two and a half decades has been formidable. This volume sheds light on how these transformations have played out at the level of everyday life to influence the lives of Indian women, and gender relations more broadly. Through …
Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India
Interrogating Political Society
Häftad, 2014
422 kr
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‘Re-framing Democracy and Agency in India: Interrogating Political Society’ critically unpacks the concept of ‘political society’, which was formulated as a response to the idea of civil society in the postcolonial context. The volume’s case studies, drawn from across India and combined with a …
Statemaking and Territory in South Asia
Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)
Häftad, 2014
435 kr
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“Statemaking and Territory in South Asia: Lessons from the Anglo–Gorkha War (1814–1816)” seeks to understand how European colonization transformed the organization of territory in South Asia through an examination of the territorial disputes that underlay the Anglo–Gorkha War of 1814–1816 and …
Postliberalization Indian Novels in English
Politics of Global Reception and Awards
Häftad, 2014
486 kr
Lägg i varukorg
“Postliberalization Indian Novels in English: Politics of Global Reception and Awards” is a critical handbook that focuses on trends in contemporary Indian novels and discusses the global reception of these works. The volume provides a systematic approach to the study of Indian novelists that have …
Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond
Structures, Agents, Practices
Av Uwe Skoda, Kenneth Bo Nielsen m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
422 kr
Lägg i varukorg
‘Navigating Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Contemporary India and Beyond’ contains a collection of lucid, empirically grounded articles that explore and analyse the structures, agents and practices of social inclusion and exclusion in contemporary India and beyond. The volume combines a broad …
Colonialism and Transnational Psychiatry
The Development of an Indian Mental Hospital in British India, c. 1925–1940
Häftad, 2014
435 kr
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This book focuses on the Ranchi Indian Mental Hospital, the largest public psychiatric facility in colonial India during the 1920s and 1930s. It breaks new ground by offering unique material for a critical engagement with the phenomenon of the ‘indigenisation’ or ‘Indianisation’ of the colonial …
Globalization, Nationalism and the Text of ‘Kichaka-Vadha’
The First English Translation of the Marathi Anticolonial Classic, with a Historical Analysis of Theatre in British India
Häftad, 2015
486 kr
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In addition to providing the first English translation of the anticolonial Marathi classic ‘Kichaka-Vadha’, this volume is the only edition of the play, in any language, to provide an extensive historical-critical analysis which draws on a comprehensive range of archival documents. It is also the …
Income-Poverty And Beyond
Human Development in India
Av Raja J. Chelliah, R. Sudarshan
Inbunden, 2002
1156 kr
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'Income Poverty and Beyond' emphasizes the need to go beyond the conventional definition of poverty and look at the various human aspects of the problem. Special care has been taken to make the information and analysis accessible to the general reader.
