Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in IndiaK. Sivaramakrishnan, Arun Agrawal This book advances public and scholarly debates on development and globalization in new directions. It presents carefully developed case studies to show how the subjects of development are shaped by, and actively reshape, development ideas, programs, and projects. The essays in this volume include cross-cultural perspectives from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Indian diaspora. |
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... argued that those who are supposedly subjected to development are also the subjects of development.19 We focus upon ... arguments about regional modernities . We follow our elaboration of the idea of regional modernities by examining ...
... argued that those who are supposedly subjected to development are also the subjects of development.19 We focus upon ... arguments about regional modernities . We follow our elaboration of the idea of regional modernities by examining ...
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... argue with a common voice that localities have come to be transformed by global forces in particular and troubling ways . Other scholars , in contrast , have argued for an independent status for the local and the parochial . They have ...
... argue with a common voice that localities have come to be transformed by global forces in particular and troubling ways . Other scholars , in contrast , have argued for an independent status for the local and the parochial . They have ...
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... argued , in other words , that rather than producing an inevitable and inescapable power which would extend into Dangs , the meetings staged Gaekwadi authority as a visible intensity ; that power was produced here by the dramatic ...
... argued , in other words , that rather than producing an inevitable and inescapable power which would extend into Dangs , the meetings staged Gaekwadi authority as a visible intensity ; that power was produced here by the dramatic ...
Contents
The Traffic in Ideas about | 75 |
Becoming Developed | 99 |
Indians | 122 |
Copyright | |
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Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in India K. Sivaramakrishnan,Arun Agrawal No preview available - 2003 |
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