Negotiating Development at the Margins

Negotiating Development at the Margins

Author: Anshuman Behera

Publisher:

Published: 2023-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032603742

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"This book critically examines various facets of conflicts between people and the State arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources. It provides an overview of the people's movements in Odisha, a resource-rich state in eastern India, reflecting on the conceptual frameworks of conflict, violence and the struggle for rights and resources, and analyses the public policies around natural resources, alongside local strategies and governance. Drawing from extensive field surveys in the villages of undivided Koraput and Kalahandi districts in Odisha, this volume explores the socio-political and economical aspects of people's movements instead of solely viewing them as political and security threats. The authors demonstrate the misappropriations of these movements both by the state and non-state actors for their vested interests. This book offers recommendations for policymakers to draw up a more ready response to mitigate and minimize the conflict and violence and implement equitable policies around land and resources. The volume will be an indispensable read for researchers and students of social history, social reform, tribal and indigenous studies, postcolonial studies, exclusion studies, development studies, political sociology, and South Asian Studies"--


Language and the Making of Modern India

Language and the Making of Modern India

Author: Pritipuspa Mishra

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-01-16

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1108425739

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Explores the ways linguistic nationalism has enabled and deepened the reach of All-India nationalism. This title is also available as Open Access.


Recent Developments in Historical and Archaeological Researches in Odisha

Recent Developments in Historical and Archaeological Researches in Odisha

Author: Sakir Hussain

Publisher: Walnut Publication

Published: 2020-10-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9390261821

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This edited book entitled "Recent Developments in Historical and Archaeological Researches in Odisha", incorporating seventeen essays on Odisha’s past from prehistory to the modern period. All the seventeen essays are original research papers based on primary and secondary data. These essays are arranged in chronological order and focused on different aspects of Odisha in time and space i.e. prehistoric, protohistoric and early historic archaeology of Odisha, Epigraphic studies, the political and economic history of the ancient and medieval period, temple architecture, modern and contemporary history, and tribal studies.


The Identity of Odisha (1900-56)

The Identity of Odisha (1900-56)

Author: Subhransu Pattanaik

Publisher: BFC Publications

Published: 2021-10-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9355090587

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This book highlighted about the glimpses of odishas identity from the period 1900-1956 and the role notable personalities who changed society in politically, socially, economically and educationally. The modern architectures of odisha bring a change with the context of a creative evolution of new social order which within the Indian context, meant nurturing communal unity, abolishing untouchbility, fostering adult education and systematic improvement of village. It meant uplifting the peasant and developing non-violent labour unions, working towards economic and social equality, promoting cottage and small-scale industries as a means for decentralizing economic production and distribution and eradicating a wide variety of social evils. The welfare programme for regenerating village communities depended on voluntary service and it functioned independently of the state and other institutions. Keeping pointing welfare programmes and set up a number of social welfare work organizations to work it out in order to knit together in a common bond of fellowship the millions and work pattern of non­violent conduct into their lives. The main motives behind this was Communal harmony, Stand against untouchability, Prohibition, Khadi and Gramodyog (Village Industries), Village Cleanliness drives, Nai Talim, Adult Education, Inclusion of Womenfolk into the mainstream, Health & hygiene, Development of vernacular language, Stress on National language, Stress on Economic Equality, Political awakening of the peasants, Establishment of ideal labour unions, Service to the lepers, Service to Adivasis, Prohibition of toddy, Ban on illicit liquor and etc. Modern archtitutere of odisha played an important under the leadership Gandhiji. It was primarily organized around the promotion of Khadi spinning and village industries, national education and Hindu-Muslim unity, struggle against untouchability and social uplift of the Harijans and boycott of foreign cloth and liquor. Above all, it meant going to villages and identifying with villagers. Constructive work was symplized by hundreds of ashrams which came up all over the country, almost entirely in the villages and in which social and political workers got practical training in production of Khadi and yarn and in work among lower castes and tribal people.


Environment, Climate, and Social Justice

Environment, Climate, and Social Justice

Author: Devendraraj Madhanagopal

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-07-09

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 9811919879

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This book approaches environmental, climate, and social justice comprehensively and interlinked. The contributors, predominantly from the Global South and have lived experiences, challenge the eurocentrism that dominates knowledge production and discourses on environmental and climate [in] justices. The collection of works balances theoretical, empirical, and practical aspects to address environmental and climate justice challenges through the lens of social justice. This book gives voice to scholars of the Global South and uses an interdisciplinary approach to show the complexity of the problem and the opportunities for solutions, making this book a powerful resource in teaching, research, and advocacy efforts. The innovativeness of this approach stems from the use of narratives, scientific explanation, and thematic analysis to present the arguments in each chapter of this edited book. Overall, each chapter of this book acts as a powerful resource in teaching, research, and advocacy efforts. This book fills a gap in the Global South production of environmental, climate, and social justice. It provides in-depth knowledge to the readers and raises their critical thinking about key elements/discussions of justice issues of environmental conflicts and climate change. The book is a useful read to a general audience interested in the topic of climate, environment, and development politics.


Negotiating Development at the Margins

Negotiating Development at the Margins

Author: Anshuman Behera

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1000999289

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This book critically examines various facets of conflicts involving people and the state arising due to the uneven distribution of natural resources. It provides an overview of the people’s movements in Odisha, a resource-rich state in eastern India. Reflecting on the conceptual frameworks of conflict, it analyses violence, and struggle for rights over resources, and public policies around natural resources, alongside local strategies and governance. Drawing from extensive field surveys in the villages of Kalahandi and undivided Koraput districts in Odisha, this volume explores the sociopolitical and economical aspects of people’s movements instead of solely viewing them as political and security threats. The authors demonstrate the misappropriations of these movements by both the state and non-state actors for their vested interests. This book offers recommendations for policymakers to draw up a more ready response to mitigate and minimize the conflict and violence and implement equitable policies around land and resources. While doing so, the book also provides some primers to development perspectives, the role of natural resources and conditions under which the natural resources can result in conflict, and principles and practices to overcome such conflicts. The volume will be an indispensable read for researchers and students of social history, social reform, tribal and indigenous studies, postcolonial studies, exclusion studies, development studies, political sociology, and South Asian studies.


Movements of Movements

Movements of Movements

Author: Jai Sen

Publisher: PM Press

Published: 2018-09-01

Total Pages: 1014

ISBN-13: 1629633208

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Our world today is not only a world in crisis but also a world in profound movement, with increasingly large numbers of people joining or forming movements: local, national, transnational, and global. The dazzling diversity of ideas and experiences recorded in this collection capture something of the fluidity within campaigns for a more equitable planet. This book, taking internationalism seriously without tired dogmas, provides a bracing window into some of the central ideas to have emerged from within grassroots struggles from 2006 to 2010. The essays here cross borders to look at the politics of caste, class, gender, religion, and indigeneity, and move from the local to the global. What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world: Tahrir Square in Egypt, Occupy in North America, the indignados in Spain, Gezi Park in Turkey, and many others. It draws on the rich reflection that took place following the huge wave of creative direct actions that had preceded it, from the 1990s through to the early 2000s, including the Zapatistas in Mexico, the Battle of Seattle in the United States, and the accompanying formations such as Peoples’ Global Action and the World Social Forum. Edited by Jai Sen, who has long occupied a central position in an international network of intellectuals and activists, this book will be useful to all who work for egalitarian social change—be they in universities, parties, trade unions, social movements, or religious organisations. Contributors include Taiaiake Alfred, Tariq Ali, Daniel Bensaid, Hee-Yeon Cho, Ashok Choudhary, Lee Cormie, Jeff Corntassel, Laurence Cox, Guillermo Delgado-P, Andre Drainville, David Featherstone, Christopher Gunderson, Emilie Hayes, Francois Houtart, Fouad Kalouche, Alex Khasnabish, Xochitl Leyva Solano, Roma Malik, David McNally, Roel Meijer, Eric Mielants, Peter North, Shailja Patel, Emir Sader, Andrea Smith, Anand Teltumbde, James Toth, Virginia Vargas, and Peter Waterman.


National Movement and Politics in Orissa, 1920-1929

National Movement and Politics in Orissa, 1920-1929

Author: Pritish Acharya

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited

Published: 2008-03-19

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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This book is a comprehensive study of the nationalist movement and politics in Orissa during the 1920s. It examines the national movement in the late nineteenth century and the first two decades of the twentieth century prior to the launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement by focusing on the regional peculiarities, especially the Oriya linguistic and cultural identity movement. Based on extensive research, it reflects upon the emergence of a class of new intelligentsia as an opinion maker of the society, its concern for societal needs, the divergent trends within it, the commonalities and differences among them and the organizational linkages between the local intelligentsia and the nationalists. Despite the contradictions, the author argues that the local and national aspirations were not antagonistic but complemented each other, as witnessed during the Calcutta Congress of 1928, establishing the Indian National Congress’ twin commitments on the question of regional identity and national liberation. National Movement and Politics in Orissa: 1920–29is a valuable contribution to the discourse on the nationalist movement and will be of great interest to students and scholars of modern Indian history as well as to the social science academia.