Globalization and the politics of identity in India
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New Delhi :
Pearson Longman, an imprint of Pearson Education
c2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Introduction: Contextualizing Globalization and the Politics of Identity 1 in India
- Part I: Globalization and the Nature of Identity
- Chapter 1: Globalization and Geo-Political Imperatives in South Asia
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2: Globalization and Imagined Identities: Lessons from Colonial and Nationalist Constructions of Identities in Punjab*
- Note
- References
- Chapter 3: Globalization, the Diaspora and Hindutva
- Fragmentation and Deterritorialization
- Diaspora: The Changing Connotations
- Cultural Globalization: Glocalization and Hybridity
- Transnational Hinduism and the 'Hindu Diaspora'
- Transnational Hindutva
- Why does Hindutva Attractthe Hindu Diaspora in the West?
- Note
- References
- Chapter 4: Globalization and the Politics of Identities in India
- References
- Part II: Identity and the Politics of Marginality
- Chapter 5: Religion and the Political Discourse of Identity in Kashmir
- Kashmiri Identity and the Meaning of Islam
- Construction of Political Identityamong the Kashmiri Muslims
- Assertion of Muslim Identity
- Secularization of Political Identity
- Reassertion of the Muslim Identity
- Summarizing the Arguments
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 6: Development (?) and Identity Politics in West Bengal: The Kamtapur Movement in North Bengal
- Introduction
- Introducing North Bengal
- State Policy: The Politics of Land Reforms And Decentralization in Rural Areas
- Who are the Rajbansis? Defining an Identity
- The Demand for 'Kamtapur State'
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 7: Caste Politics and Hindu Nationalism in a Closed Society: Limits of Electoral Politics in Rajasthan
- The First Phase
- The Second Phase
- The Third Phase: Electoral Outcome in the 1990S
- Scene Before the 1999 Elections
- References.
- Chapter 8: 'Mool/Asli' Backward Classes and the Politics of Recognition in Rajasthan
- Introduction
- Beyond Modernization: Looking for an Alternative Framework
- Politics of Recognition
- Who are the 'Mool/Asli' Backward Classes?3
- 'The Intellectuals of Society'
- Phase I: Sanskritization
- Phase II (1956 Onwards): Desanskritization
- Caste Organizations of the Mbcs
- Inter-MBC (Intra-Varna) Organizations
- Discrete/Single Caste Organizations
- Construction of Cultural Identity
- Sainization, or the Impact of the Ideas of Sain
- Shri Rajasthan Sain Siksha Sansthan (SRS3)16
- Invention of the Institution of the First Sainacharya
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Chapter 9: Caste Identity and Social Conflicts in Punjab
- Caste and Democratic Politics: The Social Science Discourse
- Thinking Beyond the Politics of 'Dominant Castes'
- Dalits in Punjab: The Background
- Case I: Jethumajra
- Case II: Talhan
- Case III: Hassanpur
- Concluding Comments
- Notes
- References
- Part III: Globalization, the Economy and the Politics of Identity
- Chapter 10: Globalization and the Foreign Economic Policy of India: A Study of Foreign Direct Investment
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 11: India Shining: The Impact of Economic Reforms on Indian Elections
- What do People Feel about Economic Reforms?
- Opinion on Related Issues
- Impact of the Policy of Economic Reforms
- Who should be Blamed?
- Future of the Economic Reforms Policy
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Part IV: Unitarist Nationalism and Identities
- Chapter 12: The Politics of Identity in Kashmir
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 13: Thinking about Democracy, Identity Politics and Development in India
- Nehru and the Evolution of Post-Colonial Democracy
- Explosion of Multiple Identities, Ideologies and Loyalties.
- Muddling through Diversities: An Overview of the Political Regimes
- The Resurgence of Hindutva
- Development Processes: A Critique
- Concluding Observations
- Notes
- References
- Chapter 14: Democracy Beyond Frontiers: Indian Democracy in the Age of Globalization
- Nation Against Nation
- People-Turned-Nation
- Democratic Deficit in the Age of Globalization
- Re-Moralizing Democracy
- Women Crossing Lines
- The Ethics of Medical Practitioners
- Notes
- References
- Part V: Globalization Beyond Identity Politics
- Chapter 15: Globalization and Development Strategies for the Indian Northeast
- The Northeast
- Government Finances
- The Northeast in Indian Regional Planning
- Economic Policy Framework for the Northeast
- Preparing for Globalization
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- About the Editors and Contributors
- The Editors
- The Contributors
- Index.
