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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... problem of subject formation as the very act of eliciting and ordering a life narrative presupposes the use of certain stories of development . Life narra- tives function , rather , as another important set of data on how subjects ...
... problem of subject formation as the very act of eliciting and ordering a life narrative presupposes the use of certain stories of development . Life narra- tives function , rather , as another important set of data on how subjects ...
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... problem of shelter . Issues of land rent , capital , and wages , coupled with a callousness towards the working poor and a belief that they have a different threshold of pain , revealed that the problem of shelter could not be resolved ...
... problem of shelter . Issues of land rent , capital , and wages , coupled with a callousness towards the working poor and a belief that they have a different threshold of pain , revealed that the problem of shelter could not be resolved ...
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... problem , a host of solutions attended , ranging from global agreements to technocratic interven- tions . What had previously been regionally defined problems came into the purview of a ' Global Ecocracy ' to manage ' sustainable ...
... problem , a host of solutions attended , ranging from global agreements to technocratic interven- tions . What had previously been regionally defined problems came into the purview of a ' Global Ecocracy ' to manage ' sustainable ...
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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