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Social Research Methodology Qualitative and Quantitative Designs

Social Research Methodology Qualitative and Quantitative Designs

This book provides unrivalled coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research methods making it invaluable for anyone embarking on social research. Divided into five parts/sections it introduces tools techniques critical aspects and knowledge of conducting social research which include a detailed discussion about the basics of social research social research problem review of literature hypothesis sampling research design tools of research statistics and report writing. The volume helps acquire knowledge develop an understanding apply the concepts in social research and curate checklists and rating scales designed to evaluate the statement of a problem research proposal hypothesis different methods of research and writing research reports. It also includes a brief discussion about statistics the style of reporting and the criteria for evaluating social research. This book will be a helpful reference/text for graduates postgraduates doctoral scholars and all those interested in societal development. It would also be useful to students researchers and teachers of the various social sciences disciplines like psychology sociology education social work and other allied subjects. It would be an invaluable companion to professionals and data scientists working in the field of analytics. | Social Research Methodology Qualitative and Quantitative Designs

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Research Methodology for Social Sciences

Research Methodology for Social Sciences

Research Methodology for Social Sciences provides guidelines for designing and conducting evidence-based research in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies using both qualitative and quantitative data. Blending the particularity of different sub-disciplines and interdisciplinary nature of social sciences this volume: Provides insights on epistemological issues and deliberates on debates over qualitative research methods; Covers different aspects of qualitative research techniques and evidence-based research techniques including survey design choice of sample construction of indices statistical inferences and data analysis; Discusses concepts techniques and tools at different stages of research beginning with the design of field surveys to collect raw data and then analyse it using statistical and econometric methods. With illustrations examples and a reader-friendly approach this volume will serve as a key reference material for compulsory research methodology courses at doctoral levels across different disciplines such as economics sociology women’s studies education anthropology political science international relations philosophy history and business management. This volume will also be indispensable for postgraduate courses dealing with quantitative techniques and data analysis.

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Homelessness Research Practice and Policy

Homelessness Research Practice and Policy

This book provides insights into the experiences of ‘homelessness’ while exploring its psychological and socio-economic dimensions. Hunger addiction and disability which often accompany homelessness are brought into focus and discussed within the frameworks of promoting social welfare and enabling human capability in this volume. Based on the author’s ethnographic and quantitative research on homeless families living on the streets of Delhi this book identifies some of the most acute problems associated with homelessness. It analyzes the causes of homelessness and draws connections between social bonds and family socio-economic status and psychopathology. It also includes personal accounts of hardship and trauma which quantify the systematic discrimination and marginalization that people living on the streets face. The volume offers policy recommendations to protect the right to self-determination dignity and self-efficacy of the homeless and help rehabilitate them. It will be a useful guide for students and researchers of social sciences specializing in psychology sociology economics and development studies. The book will also be of interest to mental health professionals and policy-makers in designing effective strategies. | Homelessness Research Practice and Policy

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Contextualising Educational Studies in India Research Policy and Practices

Contextualising Educational Studies in India Research Policy and Practices

This volume presents an interdisciplinary framework to map out contemporary educational studies in India. Based on conceptual tools quantitative methods and ethnographic accounts drawn from extensive fieldwork it addresses emerging discourses on educational policies their operation in the everyday functioning of institutions and actual practices in teaching and learning. Individual chapters discuss the intersectionality in the current educational system of region gender class caste and minorities. With comparative perspectives and case studies from across states including under-studied rural and urban regions of India the book explores a wide range of issues affecting the educational system including socioeconomic and gender inequalities; the educational status of tribal settlements in the hinterlands and their respective urban areas; the marginalisation of minorities; challenges in accessing educational avenues and choices; and the model for imparting vocational education and training. It navigates complex sites of discrimination and exclusion in the institutional spaces of the educational system and assesses the consequences of market dynamics and ideological undercurrents. Presenting first-hand information from the field it evaluates educational policies practices and research; investigates challenges and failures; provides suggestions and fosters critical thinking for a knowledge society. The findings in this book will be of interest to researchers scholars and teachers of education economics sociology urban education and the politics of education as well as of public policy governance and development studies. It will also be useful to research institutions policymakers educationists social scientists education professionals and governmental and non-governmental bodies working on education. | Contextualising Educational Studies in India Research Policy and Practices

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Introduction to Sociology Concepts and Theories

Introduction to Sociology Concepts and Theories

This textbook explores the emergence of sociology as a distinct social science. Focusing on the evolution of social theories movements and ideas through history it analyses the dynamic relationship between the individual and the larger social forces around them. This volume examines the definitive aspects of societies communities and social groups and their intersections with culture political and economic movements and religious institutions. It establishes the connections between sociology and other disciplines such as philosophy history political science economics psychology and anthropology to explore the interdependence between different realms of social life. The chapters in this book explain and highlight the significance of quantitative and qualitative methods of research in understanding the dynamics of social life. Drawing from the works of classical social theorists such as Auguste Comte Herbert Spencer Karl Marx Emile Durkheim and Max Weber this book traces the development of sociological perspectives and theories and their relevance in the history of ideas. Lucid and comprehensive this textbook will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology development studies history of ideas sociological thought social theory research methods political science and anthropology. | Introduction to Sociology Concepts and Theories

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Teaching Competencies for 21st Century Teachers Practical Approaches to Learning

Teaching Competencies for 21st Century Teachers Practical Approaches to Learning

A must-read for every teacher in the 21st century this book provides a comprehensive guide to facilitating joyful sustainable holistic multidisciplinary and active learning. The book discusses different approaches principles techniques and activities for creating a classroom where different learning types can thrive. The methods outlined in this volume help teachers ensure that every learner regardless of background or orientation can engage in participatory reflective self-directed experiential entrepreneurial and collaborative learning and develop holistically. Essential for the 21st century the book highlights the significance of digital technologies and examines how teachers can easily use digital technologies to offer personalized and blended learning. This book is a vital resource for teachers who want to improve their teaching skills and create a positive and engaging learning environment for their learners. This book helps teachers across the globe to enhance learning outcomes in classrooms and subsequently develop the quality of their education systems. This volume is useful to students researchers and teachers in education psychology development studies social work and sociology. It is also an invaluable companion to policymakers and professionals from government and non-government organisations working in the education and social development sectors. | Teaching Competencies for 21st Century Teachers Practical Approaches to Learning

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Media Psychology Exploration and Application

Media Psychology Exploration and Application

This book examines media psychology as a field of study and provides a fundamental understanding of its emergence and application. It covers various key themes such as consumer behavior mass media and advertising media and culture media messages and their effects on individual and group behavior in the Indian context. It highlights the role of media psychology with reference to citizenship and pedagogy and studies the emerging concept of digital altruism. The author also discusses various research methods used in this field that help to objectively evaluate the impact of mass media messages on people and people’s effect on the functioning of mass media. This comprehensive book will be useful to students and researchers of psychology media psychology mass-communication consumer behavior digital marketing corporate communication and media studies. | Media Psychology Exploration and Application

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Service-Learning Theory and Practice

Service-Learning Theory and Practice

This book examines key concepts principles and applications of the service-learning approach. Service-learning is a community-based educational approach to improve a student’s academic personal leadership civic and professional development through civic engagement. Unlike other traditional approaches to education service-learning students can use their classroom-based knowledge and skills in a real-life context in collaboration with community organisations and residents. This volume explores the theory research and practices of how service-learning is understood implemented and evaluated in different contexts. It provides essential guidelines to implement and integrate service-learning at educational institutions through extensive discussions on the principles philosophical challenges opportunities and its applications. Key themes include: • Theory of service-learning • Concept of service-learning • Challenges to service-learning • Applications of service-learning • Service-learning as professional development • Service-learning as communication Accessibly written this book would be of interest to faculty students community organisations and researchers working in the areas of education pedagogy sociology and social work. | Service-Learning Theory and Practice

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Mapping Scientific Method Disciplinary Narrations

Mapping Scientific Method Disciplinary Narrations

This volume explores how the scientific method enters and determines the dominant methodologies of various modern academic disciplines. It highlights the ways in which practitioners from different disciplinary backgrounds –– the humanities the natural sciences and the social sciences –– engage with the scientific method in their own disciplines. The book maps the discourse (within each of the disciplines) that critiques the scientific method from different social locations in order to argue for more complex and nuanced approaches in methodology. It also investigates the connections between the method and the structures of power and domination which exist within these disciplines. In the process it offers a new way of thinking about the philosophy of the scientific method. Part of the Science and Technology Studies series this volume is the first of its kind in the South Asian context to debate scientific methods and address questions by scholars based in the global south. It will be useful to students and practitioners of science humanities social sciences philosophy of science and philosophy of social science. Research scholars from these disciplines especially those engaging in interdisciplinary research will also benefit from this volume. | Mapping Scientific Method Disciplinary Narrations

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Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

This volume examines the importance of strategic brand imaging and brand management. It covers the fundamentals of launching growing leveraging and managing brands in a global context the strategic decisions related to brand building and the integration of the 4Ps in implementing the brand strategy. The book presents a practical perspective on building brands through social media and using artificial intelligence technologies. Readers will get a clear introductory understanding about the role of consumer behavior the research methods that every brand manager must be familiar with brand architecture portfolio brand equity and valuation. Branding requires vision to foresee logic to understand the market and the art of understanding consumers. This book is a guide for readers and professionals who are interested in all aspects of branding and brand building. It will also be useful for scholars and students of Marketing Advertising and Brand Management Business Studies Business Communication Media and Journalism and Public Relations and for marketing professionals. It will help them understand fundamentals and practical application of brand management. | Brands and Branding Strategy to Build and Nurture Brands

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Agricultural Sector in India Accelerating Growth and Enhancing Competitiveness

Agricultural Sector in India Accelerating Growth and Enhancing Competitiveness

This book presents a comprehensive overview of a range of concepts methods strategies and policies in agriculture and natural resource management environmental economics production economics and sustainable agricultural development. It explores effective analytical tools and science innovations and management solutions to enhance yields manage the supply chain strengthen institutional mechanisms and service and support systems for farmers. It highlights the importance of enabling policies which can benefit farmers resulting in cost-efficient and quality-improving farm practices increased profits and income for farmers and better management of natural resources. The essays in the book honour the academic teaching and research contributions of Professor R. Ramanna in the field of agricultural economics. They also address issues which are relevant to the growing research in sustainable agricultural development and natural resource management including the use of new concepts tools analyses technologies innovations and policy strategies modelled in local contexts that can easily be scaled and applied to similar contexts elsewhere. This book will be of interest and use to students researchers practitioners and policymakers working in varied fields of agricultural economics sustainable development public policy rural sociology political economy economics of innovation institutional economics and industrial organisation. | Agricultural Sector in India Accelerating Growth and Enhancing Competitiveness

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Media Economics and Management

Media Economics and Management

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and terms in media economics and management and explains their applications using relevant data. Beginning with a conceptual study of media markets industry structures firm behaviour public policy production pricing and consumption choices in media industries the book uses the framework to present an in-depth examination of the management of four major media industry sectors in India: newspaper publishing television broadcasting film and digital media industries. It also deals with two topics relevant across media business sectors: creative industries approaches and copyright issues. The book discusses the economic forces and factors that shape the workings of media industries and institutions in India to highlight trends in a business that is rapidly evolving highly profitable and marked by regional linguistic economic and cultural diversity. This volume is a step towards formalising the emerging field of media economics and management within the discipline of mass communication and journalism as an area of research and education in India. An accessible guide to the basic principles and concepts of media economics and management with illustrations from Indian and global media industries this will be an essential resource for students researchers and teachers of media and communication studies media economics and management political economy and sociology as well as for professionals in media industries.

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Dynamics of Difference Inequality and Transformation in Rural India

Dynamics of Difference Inequality and Transformation in Rural India

This original conceptualization provides insights into the role of inequality in the processes of change in rural India. It presents in-depth analyses and understanding of the nature and form of inequality and its causes and consequences. The volume examines interpersonal intergroup and intrapersonal inequalities in the country’s rural transformation. Through research based on ethnographic primary survey and secondary data methods this multidimensional study discusses key themes such as normative and descriptive inequalities; class caste and other identities; economic poverty; educational poverty; poverty in health; gendered poverty; inequality and power; the impact of migration; ethical issues and vulnerabilities; and suicidal consequences of inequality. It builds cohesive arguments based on the development of several new indicators to examine rural inequality. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of political economy economics development studies development economics sociology public policy political science political sociology and rural sociology. | Dynamics of Difference Inequality and Transformation in Rural India

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Gender and History Ireland 1852–1922

Gender and History Ireland 1852–1922

This book provides an overview of Irish gender history from the end of the Great Famine in 1852 until the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922. It builds on the work that scholars of women’s history pioneered and brings together internationally regarded experts to offer a synthesis of the current historiography and existing debates within the field. The authors place emphasis on highlighting new and exciting sources methodologies and suggested areas for future research. They address a variety of critical themes such as the family reproduction and sexuality the medical and prison systems masculinities and femininities institutions charity the missions migration ‘elite women’ and the involvement of women in the Irish nationalist/revolutionary period. Envisioned to be both thematic and chronological the book provides insight into the comparative transnational and connected histories of Ireland India and the British empire. An important contribution to the study of Irish gender history the volume offers opportunities for students and researchers to learn from the methods and historiography of Irish studies. It will be useful for scholars and teachers of history gender studies colonialism post-colonialism European history Irish history Irish studies and political history. The Open Access version of this book available at www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. | Gender and History Ireland 1852–1922

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Neighbourhoods and Public Health The Impact of Place in Urban Areas

Neighbourhoods and Public Health The Impact of Place in Urban Areas

This book examines the concept of neighbourhood over space and time and understands how neighbourhoods can impact human health and well-being. It discusses the identification of neighbourhood boundaries features of individual neighbourhoods and the concept of neighbourhood in some major world as well as Indian cities. Based on extensive research this study refers to both primary as well as secondary sources of data using various statistical and geo-spatial techniques. The first section of the book focuses on the concept of neighbourhood concept of neighbourhood unit methods used in the identification of neighbourhood boundaries and theories related to neighbourhood effects on health. The subsequent section of the book deals with a case study on neighbourhood effects on health in an Indian city. The case study is followed by a comparison of its results with other global studies. This book will be useful to the departments of Geography Public Health Sociology and Social Work. It will also be of use to professionals and practitioners like city planners architects NGOs Environmentalists and urban policy makers. | Neighbourhoods and Public Health The Impact of Place in Urban Areas

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Social Scientist in South Asia Personal Narratives Social Forces and Negotiations

Social Scientist in South Asia Personal Narratives Social Forces and Negotiations

This book is a collection of autobiographical narratives by leading social scientists working across South Asia. It explores the linkages between their personal experiences and academic pursuits and analyzes how personal political and professional choices shape knowledge production and affect social transformation. The narratives revisit long-standing debates on objectivity subjectivity self and other and attempt to collapse the binaries that have informed the social sciences until now. Highlighting the state of research and pedagogy in the social sciences in the region the book questions the conventional understanding of the task of the social scientist and in doing so blurs the distinction between theory research pedagogy and activism. A unique and compelling contribution this volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of sociology anthropology history creative writing education politics biography studies and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to general readers. | Social Scientist in South Asia Personal Narratives Social Forces and Negotiations

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Centering Borders in Latin American and South Asian Contexts Aesthetics and Politics of Cultural Production

Centering Borders in Latin American and South Asian Contexts Aesthetics and Politics of Cultural Production

This book presents inter-disciplinary research on contemporary borders with contributions from scholars and cultural practitioners located in different contexts in the Americas and South Asia. There has been significant sociological work on borders; however there is a relative dearth of humanities research on contemporary border realities particularly in South Asia. This volume introduces frameworks of critical insights and knowledge on border narratives and cultural productions. It addresses and goes beyond the impact of the partition in South Asia to train a unique comparative and aesthetic lens on borders and borderlands in relation to Latin America and the U. S. A. through oral narratives photographs ‘objects’ films theatre journals and songs. It maps border perspectives and their reception in a framework of cultural politics. It revolves around themes such as violence and modes of survival; women’s narratives of migration trafficking and incarceration; abduction of children; vulnerability as experience; rationalities of mass killings; and proliferation of countercultures to map border perspectives in a framework of cultural politics. First of its kind the volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of comparative literary and cultural studies South Asian studies Latin American studies border studies arts and aesthetics visual studies sociology comparative politics international relations and peace and conflict resolution studies. | Centering Borders in Latin American and South Asian Contexts Aesthetics and Politics of Cultural Production

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Positivist and Political-Economic Theories of International Relations Liberal-Pluralist and Radical Dimensions

Positivist and Political-Economic Theories of International Relations Liberal-Pluralist and Radical Dimensions

This book provides an introduction to positivist-pluralist theories of international relations (IR) which emerged during the early-and mid-1950s along with Marxist political economic and non-Marxist economic theories of IR. Positivist and Political-Economic Theories of International Relations is an in-depth critical study of texts and literature which highlight IR’s methodological pluralism even after it gained maturity. It examines how pluralist political status quo and radical economic criticism coexist in discrete areas of the discipline. Insights are provided into key positivist liberal-pluralist theories namely decision-making approaches and theories of integration regionalism interdependence and regime. It discusses the four political economic and critical theories of Marxism dependency world systems and international political economy. The book as an advanced supplementary reader will be of great interest to researchers and students of international relations history law and the multidisciplinary social scientific field of political economy. | Positivist and Political-Economic Theories of International Relations Liberal-Pluralist and Radical Dimensions

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Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

This volume critically examines the role of science in the humanities and social sciences. It studies how cultures and societies in South Asia and Europe underwent a transformation with the adoption or adaptation of scientific methods turning ancient cultural processes and phenomena into an enhanced scientific structure. The chapters in this book Discuss the development of science as a method in modern and historical contexts and the differences between modern science scientification and pseudoscience. Study the interactions between bodies of knowledge such as Sanskrit and computer science; mathematics and Vedic mathematics; science and philosophy. Drawing on textual material extensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of philosophy Indology history linguistics history and philosophy of science and social science. | Science and Scientification in South Asia and Europe

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Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

This book examines the idea of violence in the context of religion and literature. It addresses the question of freedom and peace and violence with reference to the Buddhist nationalist discourse in Sri Lanka against the backdrop of Shyam Selvadurai’s novel The Hungry Ghosts. The book discusses love compassion emancipation ethics and responsibility through the concepts of identity deconstruction and decolonization to view religion as language or writing. With a blend of philosophical insights from Emmanuel Levinas Jacques Derrida Maurice Blanchot and Mahatma Gandhi on ideas of being and the other differences nonviolence and forgiveness it insists on the ethical exigency of reinventing Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Delving into some the central motifs of Selvadurai’s novel suffering desire hate and vengeance it questions popular Sinhala Buddhist readings to argue for the promise of inclusive and diverse approaches towards various groups linguistic communities women and homosexuality. This book will be useful for scholars and researchers of literature and languages South Asian literature literary criticism and theory linguistics cultural studies philosophy religion Buddhist studies diaspora studies and Sri Lankan literature and sociology. | Writing Violence and Buddhism in Sri Lanka Of Hungry Ghosts and Homecomings

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Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

Digital India and The Poor examines how the poor are evoked in contemporary Indian political discourse. It studies the ways in which the disadvantaged are accounted for in the increasingly digitised political economy commercial and public policy media and academic research. This book: Interrogates the category of the poor in India and how they have come to be classified in economic and policy documents over the past few decades Explores the influential digital education technology ‘experiments’ conducted in Indian slums from the late 1990s now popularly known as the ‘hole-in-the-wall experiments’ Discusses financial inclusion initiatives predominantly as they converged between 2014 and 2017 such as the Jan Dhan Yojana the Aadhaar Project and the banknote demonetisation Presents an in-depth study of the bearing of technology on domestic employment in India The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies politics political science and sociology technology studies linguistics and development studies. | Digital India and the Poor Policy Technology and Society

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Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia India's Position and Policy

Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia India's Position and Policy

This book focuses on the geopolitics of Central Asia which has emerged as the new fertile ground for oil and energy resources. It analyses the scramble for energy and control over the region by many nations and their diplomatic manoeuvrings to ensure energy sufficiency and economic growth. The book provides a quantitative analysis of the Central Asian energy potential and offers an understanding of the unique position that each country occupies in the geopolitics of oil and energy in the region. It looks at aggressive foreign policies by countries like the US China the European Union Japan Israel Iran and Pakistan focusing primarily on India’s position and strategies in the region within the new great game. The book further examines the dynamics between Central Asia and India and India’s policies for geopolitical engagement and diversification of energy sources. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students of political studies international relations economics sociology and Asian studies. It will also be useful for policymakers and professionals working in the field of energy security and geo-economics. | Geopolitics of Energy in Central Asia India's Position and Policy

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In an Outpost of the Global Economy Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

In an Outpost of the Global Economy Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

While much has been written on the growth of information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services in India little is known about the people who work in these industries about the nature of the work itself and about its wider social and cultural ramifications. The papers in this collection combine empirical research with theoretical insight to fil | In an Outpost of the Global Economy Work and Workers in India's Information Technology Industry

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Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed. It studies the rationale forms technologies techniques practices and impact of two protest movements in Northeast India: the tribal movement led by the Joint Action Committee Against Anti-Tribal Bills (hereafter JACAATB) in Manipur and the anti-corruption movement led by the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) in Nagaland. The study is an ethnographic enquiry into three counter-conduct approaches: First the attempt at disciplining the local state government through the adoption and deployment of certain technologies of citizenship making individuals politically active and capable of self-governance Second the desire for truth through the usage of Right to Information Act and the judicial inquiry against the misconducts of the state governments Third counter-conduct activities through techniques of critique and self-examination to not only resist or evade the state but also usher in new subjectivities and forms of governance An in-depth look at citizenship and state in contemporary Northeast India this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of political science governance public policy Northeast Studies and South Asia studies. | Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

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Negotiating Identity and Religion Young Adults in Inter-religious Families

Negotiating Identity and Religion Young Adults in Inter-religious Families

This book examines the religious lives of young adults growing up in inter-religious families in India. It explores complex questions of identity social background and religion in twenty-first-century India. The volumestudies the religious commitments of young adults analyses the identity formation process for a critical age group and discusses the interpersonal dynamics within inter-religious families. Drawing on real life stories of mixed heritage – Hindu Sikh Muslim Christian Jain Buddhist and Parsi – this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of psychology education sociology and social anthropology religious studies politics and other interdisciplinary studies. | Negotiating Identity and Religion Young Adults in Inter-religious Families

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