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India’s Great Power Politics Managing China’s Rise

India’s Great Power Politics Managing China’s Rise

This book examines India’s foreign and defence policy changes in response to China’s growing economic and military power and increased footprint across the Indo-Pacific. It further explores India’s role in the rivalry between China and the United States. The book looks at the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean Region in the Indo-Pacific geopolitical landscape and how India is managing China’s rise by combining economic cooperation with a wide set of balancing strategies. The authors in this book critically analyse the various tools of Indian foreign policy including defence posture security alignments and soft power diplomacy among others and discuss the future trajectory of India’s foreign policy and the factors which will determine the balance of power in the region and the potential risks involved. The book provides detailed insights into the multifaceted and complex relationship between India and China and will be of great interest to researchers and students of international relations Asian studies political science and economics. It will also be useful for policymakers journalists and think tanks interested in the India–China relationship. | India’s Great Power Politics Managing China’s Rise

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Historical Sociology in India

Historical Sociology in India

This book is a comprehensive study of historical sociology and its development especially in the Indian context. It looks at the works of Indian sociologists and analyses their approaches in terms of book-view (normative) and field-view (descriptive) history. The volume: • critically appraises reports of empirical surveys conducted during early colonial rule — including those by H. T. Colebrooke Francis Buchanan William Adam; • engages with the works of sociologists such as M. N. Srinivas Ramkrishna Mukherjee Louis Dumont Nicholas Dirks Bernard Cohn Yogendra Singh D. N. Dhanagare A. M Shah T. K. Oommen among others; and • shows how historical perspective has been adopted in understanding aspects of Indian society — villages castes traditions socio-cultural change education peasants and their movements etc. Presenting an alternative idea of social reality this book will deeply interest students and scholars of sociology social theory and social history. | Historical Sociology in India

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Rethinking State Politics in India Regions within Regions

Rethinking State Politics in India Regions within Regions

In recent decades India has been witness to the assertion of geographically culturally and historically constituted distinct and well-defined regions that display ethnic communal caste and other social–political cleavages. This book examines the changing configurations of state politics in India. Focussing on identity politics and development it explores the specificities of the regions within states — not merely as politico-administrative constructs but also as conceived in historical geographic economic sociological or cultural terms. Adopting a comparative approach the book looks at alternative theoretical approaches — the quest for homeland identity caste politics and public policy. This second edition includes a new Introduction that updates the research in the area while further developing the theoretical framework. One of the first major volumes on federalism in India including studies from across the nation this book will be indispensable for students and scholars of political science sociology history and South Asian studies. | Rethinking State Politics in India Regions within Regions

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Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

This book discusses the significance relevance and usefulness of professional ethics in the context of higher education. It highlights the pivotal role of professional ethics in offering teachers a better understanding of their responsibilities duties rights and institutional obligations as they work to provide quality education. The volume investigates the connection between the adoption of professional ethics by individual faculty members in higher education and the development of work cultures in higher educational institutions. It explores the requisite modifications of the Teachers’ Code of Ethics in relation to the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching–learning platforms. While examining the validity reliability and application of professional ethics in the higher education sector the book also illustrates the application of codes of ethics to resolve conflicting interests and commitments. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers in higher education the philosophy of education applied ethics public policy and the social sciences. | Higher Education and Professional Ethics Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers

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Tracking the Media Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

Tracking the Media Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

This book is about media content analysis in the English language print media in South Asia with reference to certain contemporary issues. It is written from the perspective of the need to analyze media discourses and the ways in which their circulation creates a ‘common sense’ view of the world. The focus is on English language papers and news magazines; additionally some Hindi Urdu and Sindhi newspapers are examined. The highlight is on the ways in which English language publications contribute to and function within middle class matrices of modernity consumption conflict and conservatism in India. The book will interest those in media and communication studies journalism language and literature sociology and culture studies. | Tracking the Media Interpretations of Mass Media Discourses in India and Pakistan

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Underwater Domain Awareness Case for India

Underwater Domain Awareness Case for India

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the emerging underwater challenges facing India in the Indian Ocean region. With major economic powers like China the United States and Russia modernising their submarine fleets and building advanced unmanned underwater vessels to enhance surveillance capabilities the competition in the Indo-Pacific underwater domain has intensified. The book · Focuses on the issues of detecting tracking and classifying submarines/underwater drones in the Indian Ocean. · Examines the Indian Navy’s present anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities in combating underwater threats and discusses the scope for inter-agency inter-departmental cooperation framework to monitor the undersea activity in the region. · Studies the naval composition and strengths of India and other countries in the neighbourhood and reviews maritime domain awareness practices employed by leading navies including NATO for submarine detection. · Assesses the technology development efforts to deal with these challenges and brings out recommendations. An expert study of undersea surveillance this book will be indispensable to students and researchers of military and strategic studies defence studies critical security conflict resolution intelligence studies and security studies. It will also be of interest to governments naval establishments think tanks and public policy institutes. | Underwater Domain Awareness Case for India

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Governance in South Asia

Governance in South Asia

This book presents a nuanced analysis of governance in South Asia. It examines a range of themes including civil service reforms women and development environmental governance and public sector programmes together with the impact of globalization on local issues and its influence on governance in the region. Through grass-roots studies the volume also traces how the last 20 years have seen a social and economic resurgence in South Asia – transiting from stages of poverty low growth rates illiteracy and poor health to flourishing economies improved savings greater investments and stronger human development indicators. Drawing on extensive fieldwork this book will be of great interest to scholars of politics and public administration development studies labour studies and sociology and social anthropology. It will also be useful to practitioners in the field NGOs and civil servants.

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Abortion Rights Reproductive Justice and the State International Perspectives

Abortion Rights Reproductive Justice and the State International Perspectives

This book looks at the trajectories of reproduction and abortion rights in diverse socio-cultural contexts in various countries and the regional concerns which animate these discourses. Abortion as practice and rhetoric has historically drawn attention to the reproductive body in the public sphere. This book traces the continuities and discontinuities in the debates around abortion rights and its relationship with the State in different countries – US Korea China Poland Argentina Ireland India Bangladesh South Africa and New Zealand. It presents a comparative analysis that is grounded thematically around issues of race class technology politics and law through interactions with institutionalized religion and the state. Central to this endeavour is an understanding of feminist mobilization on issues of abortion rights in different cultural-historical contexts and its implications for the articulation of reproductive justice. For instance it looks at the specific and diverse ways in which religion and culture intersect with state practice and national identities; the emergence of social action activism and mobilization; the international politics of population control; and the place of reproductive justice and feminist resistance in processes of democratization. Lucid and topical this book will be of interest to students and researchers of gender studies sociology political science human rights policy around reproductive and women’s rights law and reproductive justice. | Abortion Rights Reproductive Justice and the State International Perspectives

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Identity Contestation and Development in Northeast India

Identity Contestation and Development in Northeast India

India’s Northeast has long been riven by protracted armed conflicts for secession and movements for other forms of autonomy. This book shows how the conflicts in the region have gradually shifted towards inter-ethnic feuds rendered more vicious by the ongoing multiplication of ethnicities in an already heterogeneous region. It further traces the intricate contours of the conflicts and the attempts of the dominant groups to establish their hegemonies against the consent of the smaller groups as well as questions the efficacy of the state’s interventions. The volume also engages with the recurrent demands for political autonomy and the resultant conundrum that hobbles the region’s economic and political development processes. Lucid topical and thorough in analysis this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in political science sociology development studies and peace & conflict studies particularly those concerned with Northeast India. | Identity Contestation and Development in Northeast India

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Dalits Past Present and Future

Dalits Past Present and Future

This book is a comprehensive introduction to Dalits in India from their origin to the present day. Despite a plethora of provisions for affirmative action in the Indian Constitution Dalits still suffer exclusion on various counts. The book traces the multifarious changes that befell them through history germination of Dalit consciousness during the colonial period and its f lowering under the legendary leadership of Babasaheb Ambedkar. It provides critical insights to their degeneration during the post-Ambedkar period taking stock of all significant developments therein such as the rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party Dalit capitalism NGOization of the Dalit discourse and the various implicit or explicit emancipation schemas thrown up by them. It also discusses ideology implicit strategy and tactics of the Dalit movement touches upon one of the most contentious issues of increasing divergence between the Dalit and Marxist movements and delineates the role of the state both colonial and post-colonial in shaping Dalit politics in particular ways. This new edition includes a new chapter providing the causal analysis of the rise of Hindutva under Narendra Modi its fascist march obliterating the idea of India sketched out by the Constitution and forecasts its future as the Hindu Rashtra – the Brahmanic-fascist state – which has been the goal of its progenitors. A tour de force this book brings to the fore many key contemporary concerns and will be of great interest to activists students scholars and teachers of politics political economy sociology anthropology history and social exclusion studies. | Dalits Past Present and Future

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Maoism in India and Nepal

Maoism in India and Nepal

Why are Maoist Naxalite and Left extremist movements taking root in the most backward and underdeveloped regions of South Asia? This book examines this multi-layered question in democracies such as India and Nepal through an analysis of these movements as well as their leaderships and ideologies. Through a series of detailed interviews and dialogues it sheds fresh light into the minds and actions of people who have critically defined the nature of Maoism and related movements in the region. Weaving together diverse narratives voices and streams of dissent this first-of-its-kind volume brings cohesion to the seemingly fragmented but formidable Maoist politics in South Asia. It also highlights how such ‘civil wars’ are embedded into the larger politics of the region. Perceptive and lucid this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics sociology peace and conflict studies and security studies especially those concerned with Maoism and social movements. It will also be useful to government institutions and policy-makers. | Maoism in India and Nepal

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Strategies Practices and Business Models

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Strategies Practices and Business Models

This book critically analyzes the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in achieving sustainable development in emerging economies. It brings together recent developments effective frameworks business models and strategies adopted by companies and looks at how they contribute to sustainable business growth. The volume discusses diverse themes such as green marketing for promoting sustainable development; digitization and sustainability concerns; communication strategies for CSR; ethical standards in Indian advertising; microfinance as an instrument for achieving sustainable development; the role of CSR in the Skill India initiative; and CSR activities of Indian listed companies. It also provides solutions to challenges in achieving sustainable development goals at local and global levels. Drawing on in-depth case studies the book will be an essential read for corporate professionals students and researchers of CSR management studies development studies business studies economics environmental studies green marketing and sociology. It will also be relevant for policy makers NGOs public and private sector corporations and consultants in sustainability reporting business ethics and sustainable development. | Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Strategies Practices and Business Models

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Populism and Power Farmers’ movement in western India 1980-2014

Populism and Power Farmers’ movement in western India 1980-2014

This book traces the entire trajectory of the farmers’ movement in Western India especially Maharashtra from the 1980s to the present day. It reveals the fundamental contradictions between populism as an ideology and as political power within the democratic state structure. The volume highlights the ideologies of the movement; its emergence in the wake of a perceived agrarian crisis; how it conflates economics and populism; the role of leadership; stages of development from grassroots agitations rooted in civil society to the attempts to create space within structures of democratic politics; the eventual formation of a separate political party and consequent implications. It maps the linkages between populist ideology and mass participation and their contested successes and failures in the domain of electoral politics. Further the author underlines the effectiveness of the movement in addressing class and gender equations in the region. Rich in primary archival sources and informed field studies this book will interest scholars and researchers of agrarian economy rural sociology and politics particularly those concerned with social movements in India. | Populism and Power Farmers’ movement in western India 1980-2014

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Neoliberalism Critical Pedagogy and Education

Neoliberalism Critical Pedagogy and Education

This volume examines the role of neoliberalism and its impact on education in South Asia. It contends that education is in a state of crisis across the world. This is reflected not only in the way the state has withdrawn to pave way for private capital but also in the manner in which knowledge and ways of understanding the world are being challenged by manipulation and adverse influences. A process of ‘factoryisation’ is underway as disciplining of human minds and redefinition of the purpose of human existence are being geared to fall in line with the needs of private capital. The book brings together incisive contributions from India Sri Lanka Pakistan and Nepal to explore newer possibilities to deal with the educational crisis and looks at a range of critical themes in education: pedagogy teacher–learner relationship teacher education the state of the university and policy. Rich in content critical and insightful this book will be a valuable addition for scholars and researchers of education and education policy sociology public policy and South Asian Studies. | Neoliberalism Critical Pedagogy and Education

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The Thiri Rama Finding Ramayana in Myanmar

The Thiri Rama Finding Ramayana in Myanmar

The Thiri Rama – or the Great Rama – was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on over 300 sandstone plaques at a mid-nineteenth-century Buddhist pagoda west of Mandalay in Myanmar this book presents an original translation of the Thiri Rama rendered in prose. The volume also includes essays on the history and tradition of the Ramayana in Myanmar as well as the cultural context in which the play was performed. It contains many helpful resources incorporating a glossary and a list of characters and their corresponding personae in Valmiki’s Ramayana. With over 250 fascinating visuals and core text contributions by distinguished Burmese scholars U Thaw Kaung Tin Maung Kyi and U Aung Thwin this book will greatly interest scholars and researchers of South and Southeast Asian culture literary forms epics art and art history theatre and performance studies religion especially those concerned with Hinduism as well as folklorists. | The Thiri Rama Finding Ramayana in Myanmar

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Lives in Exile Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees

Lives in Exile Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees

This book recounts the life stories - stories of loss and hope of anxieties and aspirations - of generations of exiled Tibetans living in India since the late 1950s after the Chinese takeover of Tibet. Located in the realm of psycho-historical analysis this work has a dual focus in interpreting and analyzing these life stories. First a consistent effort is made to unravel the psychologically devastating consequences following refugeehood and torture. A simultaneous focus searches for symbols of human resilience - the opening up of creative possibilities and a return to renewed meanings in the lives of these exiles. Two central symbols of continuity among this community which are discussed are the Dalai Lama and the philosophy of Buddhism. This is a unique book that looks at issues of contemporary interest and relevance to the Tibetan community today providing a different view of their ‘place’ in the wider political sphere. Lives in Exile - Exploring the World of Tibetan Refugees will be of interest to scholars in the fields of psychology history and refugee studies and to the general reader. | Lives in Exile Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees

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Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

This book explores the critical linkages between education and empowerment of women marginalized groups and other disadvantaged sections of society. It: Provides an overview of educational policies and practices from India’s independence to the present day and tracks relevant changes and amendments. Examines a range of issues connected with education such as the Right to Education Act; empowerment and community mobilization; higher education challenges and other emerging topics. Brings together both theoretical postulates and empirical findings. | Education and Empowerment in India Policies and practices

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Buddhism and Gandhara An Archaeology of Museum Collections

Buddhism and Gandhara An Archaeology of Museum Collections

Gandhara is a name central to Buddhist heritage and iconography. It is the ancient name of a region in present-day Pakistan bounded on the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range and to the north by the foothills of the Himalayas. ‘Gandhara’ is also the term given to this region’s sculptural and architectural features between the first and sixth centuries CE. This book re-examines the archaeological material excavated in the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and traces the link between archaeological work histories of museum collections and related interpretations by art historians. The essays in the volume underscore the diverse cultural traditions of Gandhara – from a variety of sources and perspectives on language ethnicity and material culture (including classical accounts Chinese writings coins and Sanskrit epics) – as well as interrogate the grand narrative of Hellenism of which Gandhara has been a part. The book explores the making of collections of what came to be described as Gandhara art and reviews the Buddhist artistic tradition through notions of mobility and dynamic networks of transmission. Wide ranging and rigorous this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers of early South Asian history archaeology religion (especially Buddhist studies) art history and museums. | Buddhism and Gandhara An Archaeology of Museum Collections

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Pointless The Reality behind Quantum Theory

Pointless The Reality behind Quantum Theory

This book examines how major interpretations of quantum theory are progressing toward a more unified understanding and experience of nature. It offers subtle insights to address core issues of wave-particle duality the measurement problem the mind/body problem determinism/indeterminism/free will and the nature of consciousness. It draws from physics consciousness studies and ‘ancient Vedic science’ to outline a new holistic interpretation of quantum theory. Accessible and thought-provoking it will be profoundly integrating for scholars and researchers in science and technology in philosophy and also in South Asian studies. | Pointless The Reality behind Quantum Theory

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Pandita Ramabai Life and landmark writings

Pandita Ramabai Life and landmark writings

This book looks at the life of Pandita Ramabai one of the major social reformers of 19th-century India. Her unique life trajectory spanned across a pan-Indian orthodox Hindu mould to being part of Brahmo Samaj and Prarthana Samaj and further to Christianity. At the age of 30 she had travelled widely within India and across the world from USA and UK in the West to Japan in the Far East. She reported these fascinating journeys to international friends and fellow Maharashtrians in both English and Marathi. Fighting conservatism and marginalization she set up several projects to empower women notably the Sharada Sadan in Mumbai and the Mukti Mission in Kedgaon near Pune in Maharashtra. This work locates Pandita Ramabai within her liminal social milieu and discursive networks during various phases of her life and traces her diverse ideological routes along with her critical writings some of which have been retrieved and/or presented in English translation here for the first time including The High-Caste Hindu Woman and the newly discovered Voyage to England. Offering a comprehensive insight into aspects of 19th-century Indian society — religion and reform women’s rights and feminism social movements poverty and colonialism — this book will greatly interest researchers and students of South Asian history sociology and gender studies. | Pandita Ramabai Life and landmark writings

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Cultural Studies in India

Cultural Studies in India

This volume discusses the development of cultural studies in India. It shows how inter-disciplinarity and cultural pluralism form the basis of this emerging field. It deals with contemporary debates and interpretations of post-colonial theory subaltern studies Marxism and post-Marxism nationalism and post-nationalism. Drawing upon literature linguistics history political science media and theatre studies and cultural anthropology it explores themes such as caste indigenous peoples vernacular languages and folklore and their role in the making of historical consciousness. A significant intervention in the area this book will be useful to scholars and students of cultural studies and theory literature history cultural anthropology sociology and media and mass communication as well as the general reader.

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Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

Part of the ‘Transition in Northeastern India’ series this volume critically explores how Northeast India especially Manipuri society responded to colonial rule. It studies the interplay between colonialism and resistance to provide an alternative understanding of colonialism on the one hand and society and state formation on the other. Challenging dominant histories of the area the essays provide significant insights into understanding colonialism and its multiple effects on economy polity culture and faith system. It examines hitherto untouched areas in the study of Northeast and discusses how social movements are augmented constituted or sustained. This book will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of modern history sociology and social anthropology particularly those concerned with Northeast India. | Colonialism and Resistance Society and State in Manipur

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India-Myanmar Relations Changing contours

India-Myanmar Relations Changing contours

This book provides a comprehensive evaluation of India's multi-faceted relations with Myanmar. It unravels the mysteries of the complex polity of Myanmar as it undergoes transition through democracy after long military rule. Based on meticulous research and understanding the volume traces the trajectory of India–Myanmar associations from ancient times to the present day and offers a fascinating story in the backdrop of the region’s geopolitics. An in-depth analysis of ‘India–Myanmar–China Triangle’ brings out the strategic stakes involved. It will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of international relations peace and conflict studies defence and strategic studies politics South and Southeast Asian studies as well as policy-makers and political think tanks. | India-Myanmar Relations Changing contours

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