{"product_id":"globalisation-and-the-challenges-of-development-in-contemporary-india","title":"Globalisation and the Challenges of Development in Contemporary India","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e Sita Venkateswar and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (Editors)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Springer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789811695902\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 284\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 23-04-2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSale Territory:\u003c\/strong\u003e This edition may not be sold outside India\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume offers a multidisciplinary and nuanced exploration of the complex socio-economic and political issues framing contemporary India. In the context of a rapidly changing India, the book presents a departure from typical binary interpretations and aims to provide fresh insights into the challenges facing India in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editors focus on three central themes that frame the contemporary landscape:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFraming the Macro-Economic Environment:\u003c\/strong\u003e Examining the impact of globalization on India’s economy and socio-economic changes over the past few decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Security and Natural Resources:\u003c\/strong\u003e Investigating the critical issues around feeding a growing population, including climate-induced challenges and the resilience of both people and planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDevelopment, Activism, and Changing Technologies:\u003c\/strong\u003e Exploring social challenges and inequalities in India, while also highlighting the transformative role of emerging technologies and digital activism in shaping an active citizenry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection integrates diverse perspectives and is an essential read for those interested in understanding India’s socio-economic and political fabric as it evolves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobalisation and the Challenges of Development: An Introduction\u003c\/strong\u003e – Sita Venkateswar and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Framing the Macro Environment\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003cstrong\u003eCompressed Capitalism, Globalisation and the Fate of Indian Development\u003c\/strong\u003e – Anthony P. D’Costa\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003cstrong\u003eIndia’s Economic Performance in the Post-reforms Period: A Tale of Mixed Messages\u003c\/strong\u003e – Ranjan Ray\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003cstrong\u003ePost-industrial Development and the New Leisure Economy\u003c\/strong\u003e – Adrian Athique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Food Security\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. \u003cstrong\u003eIndia’s Evolving Food and Nutrition Scenario: An Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e – Srikanta Chatterjee\u003cbr\u003e6. \u003cstrong\u003eBeyond Basmati: Two Approaches to the Challenge of Agricultural Development in the ‘New India’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Graeme MacRae\u003cbr\u003e7. \u003cstrong\u003eMillet in Our Own Voices: A Culturally-Centred Articulation of Alternative Development by DDS Women Farmers’ Sanghams\u003c\/strong\u003e – Jagadish Thaker and Mohan Dutta\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Activism, Development, and Changing Technologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. \u003cstrong\u003eInvestment-Induced Displacement and the Ecological Basis of India’s Economy\u003c\/strong\u003e – Felix Padel\u003cbr\u003e9. \u003cstrong\u003eUrban Neoliberalism and the Right to Water and Sanitation for Bangalore’s Poor\u003c\/strong\u003e – Vicky Walters\u003cbr\u003e10. \u003cstrong\u003eBastis as “Forgotten Places” in Howrah, West Bengal\u003c\/strong\u003e – Lorena Gibson\u003cbr\u003e11. \u003cstrong\u003eICT4D and Empowerment: Uneven Development in Rural South India\u003c\/strong\u003e – Rakhee Chatbar\u003cbr\u003e12. \u003cstrong\u003eParadigms of Digital Activism: India and Its Mobile Internet Users\u003c\/strong\u003e – Paula Ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Conclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. \u003cstrong\u003eApproaching Contemporary India: The Politics of Scale, Space and Aspiration in the Time of Modi\u003c\/strong\u003e – Douglas P. Hill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors \/ Editors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSita Venkateswar\u003c\/strong\u003e is a socio-cultural anthropologist at Massey University, New Zealand. Her research focuses on social inequities, gender, poverty, and structural violence in postcolonial South Asia. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eDevelopment and Ethnocide: Colonial Practices in the Andaman Islands (2004)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSekhar Bandyopadhyay\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Director of the New Zealand India Research Institute and a Professor of Asian History at Victoria University of Wellington. His research specializes in the social and political history of colonial and postcolonial India. 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