The other India : realities of an emerging power /

This collection documents and analyzes, from different angles, the forces and trends that shape contemporary India's socio-economic reality. The contributors comprise an eclectic group--spiritual leaders, grassroot activists, as well as eminent thinkers from diverse fields like the judiciary, s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chakrabarti, Rajesh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage, 2009.
Temas:
2000-2099
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Social conditions.
Social policy.
India > History > 21st century.
India > Social conditions > 21st century.
India > Economic conditions > 21st century.
India > Social policy.
India > Economic policy.
Inde > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Inde > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Inde > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
Inde > Politique économique.
India.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Section I: India-Seven Portraits; 1
  • India-21st Century Disconnects; 2
  • Secularism in India-A Minority Perspective; 3
  • The Struggle of an Artist; 4
  • An Aesthetic of Erasures; 5
  • Shaping India's Agricultural Destiny; 6
  • Inclusive Sustainable Development; Section II: Faith that Heals-Religion and Social Justice; 7
  • Religion and Social Justice; 8
  • Religion in the Quest for Global Justice and Peace; Section III: The Violence of Religious Identities; 9
  • Terrorism-Causes and Remedies; 10
  • From the Age of Anxiety to the Age of Fear.
  • 11
  • Defi ne Terrorism, and You Could be Targeting Your Own Leaders12
  • Justice for Peace-Challenges from Gujarat; Section IV: Nature-Sustaining the Sustainer; 13
  • Earth Democracy, Living Democracy; 14
  • Unfair Land Deals, Unjust Water Grab; Section V: Actions and Reactors in War and Peace; 15
  • Peace-Imperative for South Asia; 16
  • Nuclear Energy-Hardly an Unmixed Blessing; Section VI: Justice; 17
  • Caste-A Persistent Mind Disease; 18
  • The Buddha and the Caste System; 19
  • The Human Price of Flawed Development; 20
  • Unorganized Sector Labor-A Reality Check.
  • 21
  • The Extent of Bonded Labor in India22
  • The Civil Service and the Right to Dissent; 23
  • Appointing the Judges; Section VII: CollectiveSuccess; 24
  • Food from the Courts; 25
  • Water Harvesting in Arid Rajasthan and Himalaya-A Story of Community Action; 26
  • Empowering Women-The SEWA Experience; About the Editor and Contributors.

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