Interrogating Development: Discourses on Development in India Today

Book Details:

• Author: Biswajit Ghosh

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 2012

• ISBN: 9788131604762

• Pages: 368

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches

About the Book

This comprehensive volume, edited by Biswajit Ghosh, offers a critical and multi-dimensional exploration of development as a discourse, with a particular focus on the Indian context. The book brings together sixteen thought-provoking essays by eminent scholars that re-examine the processes of development from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

The essays are organized around five key themes:

1. The discourse of development

2. State, market, and civil society

3. Gender and development

4. Science, environment, and development

5. Society, community, and development

By interrogating development as a historically and politically constructed concept, this volume sheds light on its varied interpretations and implications over time and across different socio-economic landscapes. The contributors raise critical questions about development policy, equity, environmental sustainability, and gender justice, while also suggesting alternative frameworks and grassroots approaches for inclusive and sustainable progress.

This book is a vital resource for students, scholars, and professionals in the fields of development studies, sociology, political science, gender studies, social work, cultural studies, and public policy. It is equally valuable for development planners, policy-makers, activists, and anyone engaged with the pressing challenges and contested meanings of development in modern India.