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Administrative Ethics A Conceptual Framework

Administrative Ethics A Conceptual Framework

This insightful book explores the use and application of ethics in contemporary governance and suggests necessary reforms. Following an interdisciplinary approach involving the fields of political science law economics sociology management and philosophy this book analyses their applicability and usefulness in everyday practices in governance covering its five cardinal virtues – prudence transparency discourse justice and accountability. Highlighting ethical challenges in aspects of status recognition oppression empowerment social care public financing environment protection and others in today’s interconnected world it delves into the dynamics of administrative power in democracies and showcases how the misuse of power can be controlled through a discourse of ethics in law and governance. The book will be useful to the students researchers and teachers of public administration philosophy political science corporate ethics governance and other related social sciences disciplines. The book will also be an indispensable companion to social activists advocacy groups journalists civil society institutions and public service training institutions. | Administrative Ethics A Conceptual Framework

GBP 130.00
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Environmental Issues and Challenges

Environmental Issues and Challenges

This book explores the field of environmental studies emphasizing its multidisciplinary nature. It looks at the fundamentals of environmental conservation and the management of sensitive ecosystems. The book provides an overview of the basic concepts used to understand and study diverse ecosystems and their functions as well as the progressively larger yet mutually inclusive units such as the landscape and the biome. It examines the challenges towards preserving biodiversity which is under severe threat due to climate change exploitation of natural resources pollution and man-made disasters. Besides outlining the causes and effects the authors outline control mechanisms to keep pollution within safe limits and offer suggestions for resolving issues such as wildlife poaching and trade water and air pollution deforestation and biodiversity loss through policy changes. This book will be of interest to the students researchers teachers of environmental studies environmental science sociology political science and public administration. This book will also be useful to environmentalists wildlife conservationists and policy makers. | Environmental Issues and Challenges

GBP 130.00
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Labour and Capital Use in Indian Manufacturing Structural Aspects

Labour and Capital Use in Indian Manufacturing Structural Aspects

This book strengthens our understanding of Indian manufacturing. It argues that structural transformation should be guided by the given factor endowments. The book undertakes detailed empirical scrutiny to provide inputs for guiding the future industrial policy in India. The book recognises the differential structure of organised and unorganised manufacturing with their distinguished response to the use of labour and capital. The analytical framework consists of an economy-wide approach and structural relationships at the industry level. The underlying sectoral interdependence highlights the job creation potential of domestic manufacturing which spreads into the non-manufacturing sectors through the essential accounting of the embodied effects. The impact of import utilisations underscores the leakages in the domestic economy in terms of the employment forgone and capital use thereby highlighting the need to strengthen domestic production. The book clearly identifies the labour- and capital-intensive categories of manufacturing for empirical investigations. A comprehensive read on labour and capital use in Indian manufacturing this book in the series Sustainable Industrial Development will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics applied industrial economics Indian economy and business studies. It will also be of interest to professionals and practitioners in policy circles and research think tanks. | Labour and Capital Use in Indian Manufacturing Structural Aspects

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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

GBP 130.00
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Community Newspapers in India Manifestations and Metamorphosis

Community Newspapers in India Manifestations and Metamorphosis

This book provides a comprehensive account of community newspapers in India discussing their reach practices management and influence on communities. It focuses on the core characteristics associated with community media such as access and participation advocacy and self-management among other. With the help of detailed case studies of two established newspapers – Khabar Lahariya and Namaskar the book highlights the unique aspects of their rhizomatic expansion and the practices for social change. By examining their manifestations and metamorphosis the book shows how community media is fluid and evolves with time owing to diverse motivations. The author also examines themes such as media democracy and citizens engagement; role of alternative media and the diversity of practices and profiles to highlight the relevance identity and purpose of alternative media in general and community newspapers in particular. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of media studies journalism and mass communication political studies development studies law and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to NGOs and CSOs working in the areas of community engagement social development and empowerment and literacy. | Community Newspapers in India Manifestations and Metamorphosis

GBP 130.00
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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

GBP 130.00
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Literatures from Northeast India Beyond the Centre–Periphery Debate

Literatures from Northeast India Beyond the Centre–Periphery Debate

This book showcases the diverse literary traditions from India’s Northeast and their shared connections and lineages. It critically analyses a selection of literary works from authors and poets from this region and the hegemonies of language ethnicity and politics that have framed these voices. As a region with rich cultural and ethnolinguistic diversity Northeast India’s literature is representative of varied histories languages socio-cultural and religious practices. The book highlights the distinct use of language forms cultural symbols and metaphors which articulates the unique experiences of conflict beauty and culture in this area. Focussing on the translingual and transcultural aspects of these literary works it examines the dynamics between literature language and their socio-cultural influences. The book pays attention to themes of representation identity and power to showcase voices and perspectives of dissent criticism and introspection. It explores contemporary critical approaches to literature from the Northeast by re-examining the idea of the centre and the periphery and the position of subaltern literary voices. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of literature language cultural studies postcolonial studies and South Asian studies. | Literatures from Northeast India Beyond the Centre–Periphery Debate

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The Limits of Sexuality Education Love Sex and Adolescent Masculinities in Urban India

The Limits of Sexuality Education Love Sex and Adolescent Masculinities in Urban India

This book explores different strands of thinking about sexuality education in contemporary urban India. It interrogates the limits of sexuality education as we know it today by rethinking adolescent masculinities in middle-class urban India. This book contributes to the wide gap in theorising sexuality education and adolescent masculinities in urban India. It presents an adolescent perspective on sexuality education looks at adolescent love from the school teachers’ perspective and tries to understand a teacher’s negotiations with student romance. It unravels the sexual and romantic lives of adolescents and examines the circulation of sexual knowledge and sources of information on sex that adolescent boys in India have access to. This book uncovers the limits of sexuality education by examining State feminist Christian and sexological materials on sexuality education in Mumbai and Delhi. Based on detailed research and narratives from teachers young men and women the book explores adolescent male romance and its affective registers adolescent male sexual knowledge and the regulation of romance in school spaces. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of education sexuality and gender studies masculinity studies sex education as well as those interested in education policy education politics educational research and inclusion and special education. Located at the intersection of sexuality studies education masculinity studies and cultural studies it will also appeal to those working in sexuality education in urban India within the complex web of the middle classes consumerism post-feminism romance adolescent masculinities and cinema. | The Limits of Sexuality Education Love Sex and Adolescent Masculinities in Urban India

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Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-social Rehabilitation The Sampoornata Model

Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-social Rehabilitation The Sampoornata Model

This book looks at the psychotherapeutic effects of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) with a focus on the experiences of survivors of gender-based violence and their social development psycho-social rehabilitation and reintegration within society. The author a sociologist and dancer uses a model she calls Sampoornata— or Fulfilment to merge sociology and dance in order to help survivors of sexual violence overcome their trauma. Sampoornata was developed to help survivors of gender-based violence and trafficking by focusing on their specific needs and helping them to express themselves and overcome emotional and psychological pain. Through interviews with and detailed narratives of survivors the book takes the readers through the development of the model its implementation practice and impact on their lives. Situated within the social cultural as well as geographical context of India the book is an important resource for rethinking the creative approaches theories and practice of DMT worldwide. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of psychology psychotherapy dance and movement studies and to those who work with dance and movement therapy. It will also be useful for professionals working in the areas of gender violence trafficking trauma psycho-social rehabilitation and well-being. | Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-social Rehabilitation The Sampoornata Model

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The Poet’s Song ‘Folk’ and its Cultural Politics in South Asia

The Poet’s Song ‘Folk’ and its Cultural Politics in South Asia

This book explores the ‘folk’ performance genre of Kobigaan a dialogic song-theatre form in which performers verse-duel in contemporary West Bengal in India and Bangladesh. The book shows how the genre thought to be a nearly extinct form is still prevalent in the region. The author shows how like many other ‘folk’ practices in South and South-East Asia the content and format of this genre has undergone vital changes thus raising questions of authenticity patronage and cultural politics. She captures live performances of Kobigaan through ethnographies spread across borders—from village rituals to urban festivals and from Bengali cinema to television and new media. While understanding Kobigaan from the practitioners’ points of view this book also explores the crucial issues of gender marginalisation and representation that are true of any performance genre. Drawing on case studies it underlines the issues of artistic agency empowerment cultural labour and heritage rituals authenticity creative industries media gender and identity politics. Part of the South Asian History and Culture series this book is a major intervention in South Asian folklore and performance studies. It also expands into the larger disciplines of literature social and cultural movements in South Asia ethnomusicology and the politics of performance. | The Poet’s Song ‘Folk’ and its Cultural Politics in South Asia

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Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship A Study of the First English Translations

Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship A Study of the First English Translations

This book—an English translation of a key Tamiḻ book of literary and cultural criticism—looks at the construction of Tamiḻ scholarship through the colonial approach to Tamiḻ literature as evidenced in the first translations into English. The Tamiḻ original Atikāramum tamiḻp pulamaiyum: Tamiḻiliruntu mutal āṅkila moḻipeyarppukaḷ by N Govindarajan is a critique of the early attempts at the translations of Tamiḻ literary texts by East India Company officials specifically by N E Kindersley. Kindersley who was working as the Collector of South Arcot district in the late eighteenth century was the first colonial officer to translate the Tamiḻ classic Tirukkuṟaḷ and the story of King Naḷa into English and to bring to the reading public in English the vibrant oral narrative tradition in Tamiḻ. F W Ellis in the nineteenth century brought in another dimension through his translation of the same classic. The book thus focuses on the attempts to translate the Tamiḻ literary works by the Company’s officials who emerged as the pioneering English Dravidianists and the impact of translations on the Tamiḻ reading community. Theoretically grounded the book makes use of contemporary perspectives to examine colonial interventions and the operation of power relations in the literary and socio-cultural spheres. It combines both critical readings of past translations and intensive research work on Tamiḻ scholarship to locate the practice of literary works in South Asia and its colonial history which then enables a conversation between Indian literary cultures. In this book the author has not only explored all key scholarly sources as well as the commentaries that were used by the colonial officials chiefly Kindersley but also gives us an insightful critique of the Tamiḻ works. The highlight of the discussion of Dravidian Orientalism in this book is the intralinguistic opposition of the “mainstream” Tamiḻ literature in “correct/poetical” Tamiḻ and the folk literature in “vacana” Tamiḻ. This framework allows the translators to critically engage with the work. Annotated and with an Introduction and a Glossary this translated work is a valuable addition to our reading of colonial South India. The book will be of interest to researchers of Tamiḻ Studies Orientalism and Indology translation studies oral literature linguistics South Asian Studies Dravidian Studies and colonial history. | Colonial Authority and Tamiḻ Scholarship A Study of the First English Translations

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Disaster Management in India Policies Institutions Practices

Disaster Management in India Policies Institutions Practices

This book explores policies structures and processes of disaster management in India examining key theoretical foundations of disaster management with practical illustrations and case studies. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of disaster management policies and practices in India and focuses on public policy approaches in addressing critical issues and challenges facing the machinery and processes of disaster management in India. The creative approach to deal with different aspects of disaster management has helped in holistic delineation of a number of critical themes such as legal frameworks of disaster management good practices use of innovative approaches and technology multilateral cooperation the role of civil society organisations among others. This book will be of interest to the students and researchers working in the field of disaster studies geography geology development studies public administration public policy economics and governance. It will also be an invaluable companion for policy makers practitioners academicians and development planners working in the area of disaster management. | Disaster Management in India Policies Institutions Practices

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Tagore’s Solutions for Colonial Degeneration Indic Societalism Nation Identities and Communities

Tagore’s Solutions for Colonial Degeneration Indic Societalism Nation Identities and Communities

This book focuses on Rabindranath Tagore as a social and political thinker revolving around Tagore’s ideas on the seeds of civil society nation identities and communities in the Indic tradition. The author deconstructs Tagore’s concepts against the appropriate resurgent and triumphalist Western concepts in the updated Western social thought and theories. The book examines Tagore’s understanding of the nature of the civil social sphere in India and analyzes the relevance of his civil social concepts against the backdrop of colonialism in India. It also discusses his views on nation and nationalism in India and his insights into the problems and prospects of intercommunity particularly Hindu-Muslim relations in India. Applying current social science and Western literature in an unprecedented manner to interpret Tagore this book will be of great interest to scholars teachers and students of politics nationalism postcolonialism history comparative literature sociology religious studies and South Asian studies. | Tagore’s Solutions for Colonial Degeneration Indic Societalism Nation Identities and Communities

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Decolonizing Consciousness Reclaiming the Indian Psychology of Well-being

Decolonizing Consciousness Reclaiming the Indian Psychology of Well-being

The book intertwines several strands of scholarship in Indian Philosophy contemporary psychology and the lived Indian psychological practice inclusive of Yoga advaita tantra and bhakti to engage in an exploration of consciousness cognitive science and philosophy. The book examines the characteristics of consciousness by situating it in the historical and cultural contexts of Euro-American as well as Asian particularly Indian philosophical tradition specifically the Bhakti tradition and creative living. The volume decolonizes the understanding of the ecology of consciousness while accounting for the diverse strands which have given us a unique understanding of the mind psychology cognition and philosophy of the mind. This book will be of interest to students teachers and scholars of psychology consciousness studies cognitive science philosophy social psychology Yoga studies and Yoga psychology. It will also be useful for Yoga professionals social workers therapists and anyone who is interested to learn about consciousness. | Decolonizing Consciousness Reclaiming the Indian Psychology of Well-being

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Female Narratives of Protest Literary and Cultural Representations from South Asia

Female Narratives of Protest Literary and Cultural Representations from South Asia

This book explores the complex assemblage of biopolitics citizenship ethics and human rights concerns in South Asia focusing specifically on women poets writers and artists and their explorations on marginalisation violence and protest. The book traces the origins varied historiographies and socio-political consequences of women’s protests and feminist discourses. Bringing together narratives of the Landais from Afghanistan voices from Pakistan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Miya women poets writing from Assam and stories of Dalit and queer women across the region it analyses the diverse modes of women’s protests and their ethical and humanitarian cartographies. The volume highlights the reconfiguration of female voices of protest in contemporary literature and popular culture in South Asia and the formation of closely-knit female communities of solidarity cooperation and collective political action. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of gender studies literature cultural studies sociology minority and indigenous studies and South Asian studies. | Female Narratives of Protest Literary and Cultural Representations from South Asia

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Kautilya's Arthashastra Philosophy of Strategy

Kautilya's Arthashastra Philosophy of Strategy

This book examines in detail the strategic relevance of the Arthashastra. Attributed to the fourth century B. C. this classical treatise on state and statecraft rests at the intersection of political theory and international relations. Adopting a hermeneutic approach the book discusses certain homologies related to concepts such as power order and morality. Underlining the conceptual value of the Arthashastra and classical texts such as Hitopdesha and Pancatantra this volume highlights the non-western perspectives related to diplomacy and statecraft. It shows how a comparative analysis of these texts reveals a continuity rather than a change in the styles tactics and political strategies. The book also showcases the value these ancient texts can bring to the study of contemporary international relations and political theory. This volume will be of interest to students scholars and teachers of political studies Indian political thought and philosophy South Asian studies political theory and international relations. | Kautilya's Arthashastra Philosophy of Strategy

GBP 89.99
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Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

This book identifies population as a central issue of polity and examines its links to ideas of state and citizenship. It explores the relationship between the state citizenship and polity by reexamining processes related to census enumeration population and citizen registers and the politics of classificatory governmentality. Religion ethnicity caste and political class play a key role in determining community identities and the relationship between an individual and the state. Contextualizing the arguments and controversies around the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA 2019) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) the book examines the processes of inclusion or exclusion of minorities and migrants as citizens in India. It focusses on the classification of irregular and refugee migration since independence in India especially in the state of Assam. The book highlights how political imagination as a theoretical framework shapes the processes and strategies for enumeration and classification and thereby the idea of citizenship. Underlining the relationship between instruments of government political mobilization and the resurgence of communal polarization it also offers suggestions for alternative constructions of citizenship and an inclusive state. This book will be useful for students and researchers of population studies population geography migration studies sociology political science social anthropology law and journalism. It will also be of interest to policy makers journalists as well as NGOs and CSOs. | Population and the Political Imagination Census Register and Citizenship in India

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The Art of a Corporation The East India Company as Patron and Collector 1600-1860

The Art of a Corporation The East India Company as Patron and Collector 1600-1860

The Art of a Corporation is a comprehensive study of artworks that were commissioned and collected by the East India Company from the early seventeenth to the midnineteenth centuries. These items range from oil paintings on canvas and marble statuary to sandstone Buddhas and metal figurines of Hindu deities. The book takes a chronological approach and focuses on provenance to show that objects are valuable primary resources for understanding the East India Company’s history. The artworks illustrate how one of the longest-surviving multinational corporations in the Western world changed over its three-century history and provide a powerful visual account of its perpetually reinvented image. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of art history colonial art colonial studies British history economic history business history South Asian history post-colonial studies and cultural studies. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4. 0 International license. | The Art of a Corporation The East India Company as Patron and Collector 1600-1860

GBP 120.00
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Managing Family Business Dynamics Challenges and Opportunities

Managing Family Business Dynamics Challenges and Opportunities

This book explores the unique characteristics and complexities of family businesses in India. It examines the intersection of family dynamics cultural norms and business practices to offer valuable insights on how family businesses evolve develop grow and sustain over time. With a focus on leadership and positioning for the future this book illustrates how the family enterprise can achieve sustained growth and continuity through generations. Covering a wide range of topics essential for understanding the Indian family business landscape this volume: Studies succession planning and governance managing family conflicts and harnessing innovation Analyses the various strengths and weaknesses of family businesses Shares insights on top-performing family businesses alongside the oldest businesses in India and across the world Emphasises and extensively discusses the role of women in the contemporary Indian business landscape Insightful and engaging this book will be useful to students researchers and teachers in the fields of business management commerce and economics. It will also be an invaluable resource for present or potential family business owners managers professionals and business consultants. | Managing Family Business Dynamics Challenges and Opportunities

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Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India

Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India

This book explores one of the most prevailing problems of the contemporary urban world i. e. traffic congestion and its economic environmental and health implications. Generally viewed as an urban menace the problem of traffic congestion has huge economic implications which are often overlooked by urban planners. This book examines and quantifies the costs and adverse consequences and of traffic congestion which include emissions loss of productive hours fuel wastage and the adverse effects on the health of commuters among others. It provides a comprehensive and scientific understanding of the underlying problems of traffic gridlocks by analyzing empirical evidence from Bengaluru a city in South India. It also offers solutions and highlights innovative measures that draw from both economic and engineering perspectives to counter and reduce the tangible and intangible costs of traffic conjestion. This book will be of interest to both academic and non-academic readers of economics environmental economics and econometrics transport economics urban planning transport geography as well as planners and policy makers. | Economic and Environmental Cost of Traffic Congestion in India

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Religious Conversion Indian Disputes and Their European Origins

Religious Conversion Indian Disputes and Their European Origins

This book re-examines the issue of religious conversion which has been a site of conflict in India for several centuries. It discusses wide-ranging themes such as conversion education and reform in colonial India; the process and practices of conversion in Christian Europe; Gandhi conversion and the equality of religions; perspectives from Hindu nationalism secularism and religious minorities; religious freedom and the limits of propagating religion; and conversion in constitutional law commissions and courts to chart new directions for research on religion tradition and conversion. Tracing developments from the 19th-century colonial era to contemporary times the book analyses cultural background frameworks and the origins of religious conversion and its conceptualisation in Western Christianity. It further delves into how Indian culture and its traditions have shaped responses to conversion. Part of the Critical Humanities Across Cultures series this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of critical humanities religion cultural studies sociology of religion comparative religion philosophy anthropology theology Indology history politics postcolonial studies critical theory and South Asian studies. | Religious Conversion Indian Disputes and Their European Origins

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Political Ecology of Everyday Resistance and State Building A Case of the Ho of Jharkhand

Political Ecology of Everyday Resistance and State Building A Case of the Ho of Jharkhand

Resource extraction and conflicts over natural resources are a global phenomenon including in India. Indigenous tribes like the Ho community in Jharkhand are affected by these dynamics as their cultural practices and livelihoods are intertwined with the local ecology. This book explores the process of state formation through developmental intervention in the resource-rich areas of Jharkhand in eastern India which are inhabited by the indigenous Ho community. The conflict in Jharkhand is intertwined with State development projects and capitalist interventions. This book examines the history of these projects and the issues of territorialization dispossession accumulation and marginalization which communities have been fighting against for many decades. It examines the process of development policies and projects shaping and restructuring the resource-rich ecology in the region and addresses the interrelated issues of development-induced dispossession resistance ecological transformation governance illegalities and state-building. It focuses on the questions: what do development projects bring to the Ho community; what induces them to resist and negotiate? How do State decentralization schemes and local governance in resource conflict areas strengthen State capacities? The book highlights the consequences on the livelihoods and cultural practices of the local people because of ecological transformation and everyday resistance. Comprehensive and important this book will be of interest to students and researchers of anthropology sociology political ecology social work development studies ecology developmental sociology indigenous studies law and economic anthropology. | Political Ecology of Everyday Resistance and State Building A Case of the Ho of Jharkhand

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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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Tribe-Class Linkages The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura

Tribe-Class Linkages The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura

This book is a historical study of the development of agrarian class relations among the tribal population in Tripura. Tracing the evolution of Tripura and its agrarian relations from monarchy in the nineteenth century to democracy in the twentieth century the book discusses the nature of the erstwhile princely state of Tripura analyses the emergence of differentiation within tribes and documents the emergence of the tribal movement in the state. It specifically focuses on the tribal movement led by the Ganamukti Parishad beginning with the historic revolt of 1948-51 against state repression on the tribal people followed by the mass movements in the 1950s and 1960s which were founded on a recognition of class relations and the slogan of unity across the tribal and non-tribal (Bengali) peasantry. The first of its kind the book will be indispensable for students and researchers of tribal studies agrarian studies exclusion studies tribe-class relationships minority studies sociology development studies history political science north-east India studies and South Asian studies. It will also be useful for activists and policymakers working in the area. | Tribe-Class Linkages The History and Politics of the Agrarian Movement in Tripura

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Learning without Burden Where are We a Quarter Century after the Yash Pal Committee Report

Learning without Burden Where are We a Quarter Century after the Yash Pal Committee Report

This book looks at education reforms planning and policy through an exploration of the Yash Pal Committee report (1993) in India which made recommendations to improve the quality of learning while reducing cognitive burden on students. It analyses the wide-ranging impact the report had on curriculum pedagogy teacher education reforms and the national policy on education. The book examines the legacy of the report tracing the various deliberations and critical engagements with issues around literacy language and mathematics learning curriculum reforms and classroom practices assessment and evaluation. It reviews contemporary developments in research on learning in diverse disciplines and languages through the lens of the recommendations made by the Learning without Burden report while engaging with challenges and systemic issues which limit inclusivity and access to quality education. Drawing on extensive research and first-hand academic and teaching experience this book will attract attention and interest of students and researchers of educational policy and analysis linguistics sociology and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to policy makers think tanks and civil society organisations. | Learning without Burden Where are We a Quarter Century after the Yash Pal Committee Report

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