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15 produkter
Remembering Partition
Violence, Nationalism and History in India
Av Gyanendra Pandey, Jan Breman m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
435 kr
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Through an investigation of the violence that marked the partition of British India in 1947, this book analyses questions of history and memory, the nationalisation of populations and their pasts, and the ways in which violent events are remembered (or forgotten) in order to ensure the unity of the …
India Working
Essays on Society and Economy
Av Barbara Harriss-White, Jan Breman m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
557 kr
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By drawing on her extensive fieldwork in India and on the adjacent theoretical literature, Barbara Harriss-White describes the working of the Indian economy through its most important social structures of accumulation. Successive chapters explore a range of topics including labour, capital, the …
Population, Gender and Politics
Demographic Change in Rural North India
Av Roger Jeffery, Patricia Jeffery m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
732 kr
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Roger and Patricia Jeffery are well known for their work on religion and gender in South Asia. In their latest book, a study of the demographic processes of two castes in rural north India, they ask why fertility levels are higher among the Muslim Sheikhs than the Hindu Jats. They conclude that …
Democracy and Authoritarianism in South Asia
A Comparative and Historical Perspective
Häftad, 1995
569 kr
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In a comparative and historical study of the interplay between democratic politics and authoritarian states in South Asia, Ayesha Jalal explains how a shared colonial legacy led to apparently contrasting patterns of political development - democracy in India and authoritarianism in Pakistan and …
India in the World Order
Searching for Major-Power Status
Av Baldev Raj Nayar, T. V. Paul
Häftad, 2002
520 kr
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Two highly regarded scholars come together to examine India's relationship with the world's major powers and its own search for a significant role in the international system. Central to the argument is India's belief that the acquisition of an independent nuclear capability is key to obtaining …
Seeing the State
Governance and Governmentality in India
Av Stuart Corbridge, Glyn Williams m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
634 kr
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Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state, and how are these engagements conducted? This book considers the Indian case where people's accounts, in particular in the countryside, are shaped by a series of encounters that are staged at the …
The Untouchables
Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India
Av Oliver Mendelsohn, Marika Vicziany
Inbunden, 1998
1458 kr
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In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and their position in …
The Untouchables
Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India
Av Oliver Mendelsohn, Marika Vicziany m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
606 kr
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In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as a social and political category, the historical background which led to such a definition, and their position in …
Footloose Labour
Working in India's Informal Economy
Av Jan Breman
Inbunden, 1996
1723 kr
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In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual …
Footloose Labour
Working in India's Informal Economy
Av Jan Breman, Jan Breman m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
770 kr
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In a penetrating anthropological study of the working poor in India, Jan Breman examines the lives of those who, pushed out of the agrarian labour market, depend on casual work. Beginning his local-level research in two villages in south Gujarat, the author discusses the mobilisation of casual …
Democratic Politics and Economic Reform in India
Av Rob Jenkins, Jan Breman m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
687 kr
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Successive Indian governments, from right and left, have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued, accessible and sometimes controversial examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Rob Jenkins challenges existing …
The Success of India's Democracy
Av Atul Kohli
Häftad, 2001
455 kr
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How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, widespread poverty, illiteracy, and immense ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together some of the world's leading scholars of Indian politics to consider this intriguing anomaly. They do so by focusing, not so much on …
Remembering Partition
Violence, Nationalism and History in India
Inbunden, 2001
1391 kr
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Through an investigation of the violence that marked the partition of British India in 1947, this book analyses questions of history and memory, the nationalisation of populations and their pasts, and the ways in which violent events are remembered (or forgotten) in order to ensure the unity of the …
India in the World Order
Searching for Major-Power Status
Av Baldev Raj Nayar, T. V. Paul
Inbunden, 2002
1179 kr
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Two highly regarded scholars come together to examine India's relationship with the world's major powers and its own search for a significant role in the international system. Central to the argument is India's belief that the acquisition of an independent nuclear capability is key to obtaining …
Seeing the State
Governance and Governmentality in India
Av Stuart Corbridge, Glyn Williams m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1378 kr
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Poor people confront the state on an everyday basis all over the world. But how do they see the state, and how are these engagements conducted? This book considers the Indian case where people's accounts, in particular in the countryside, are shaped by a series of encounters that are staged at the …
