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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... structural adjust- ment programs in various countries , shows again the usefulness of regional modernities in thinking about the process . Consider two instances . An interesting shift seems to be occurring in the relationship between ...
... structural adjust- ment programs in various countries , shows again the usefulness of regional modernities in thinking about the process . Consider two instances . An interesting shift seems to be occurring in the relationship between ...
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... structural vice : Today the Jhuggi - Jhonpri problem is not one of housing and homeless . Indulgence towards them has not only provided a shield for the unscru- pulous land speculators but has also enabled commercial concerns to take ...
... structural vice : Today the Jhuggi - Jhonpri problem is not one of housing and homeless . Indulgence towards them has not only provided a shield for the unscru- pulous land speculators but has also enabled commercial concerns to take ...
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... structural positions find room for maneuver and effect small changes that may have large consequences . CONCLUSION It is tempting to seek a larger framing story in these stories12 about the ( re- ) production of state power , identities ...
... structural positions find room for maneuver and effect small changes that may have large consequences . CONCLUSION It is tempting to seek a larger framing story in these stories12 about the ( re- ) production of state power , identities ...
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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Ecological Nationalisms: Nature, Livelihoods, and Identities in South Asia Gunnel Cederl?f,K. Sivaramakrishnan No preview available - 2006 |