Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India
Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India

Author: Kenneth Bo Nielsen

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1783082690

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The pace of socioeconomic transformation in India over the past two and a half decades has been formidable. This volume sheds light on how these transformations have played out at the level of everyday life to influence the lives of Indian women, and gender relations more broadly. Through ethnographically grounded case studies, the authors portray the contradictory and contested co-existence of discrepant gendered norms, values and visions in a society caught up in wider processes of sociopolitical change. ‘Women, Gender and Everyday Social Transformation in India’ moves the debate on gender and social transformation into the domain of everyday life to arrive at locally embedded and detailed, ethnographically informed analyses of gender relations in real-life contexts that foreground both subtle and not-so-subtle negotiations and contestations.

Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India
Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India

Author: Kenneth Bo Nielsen

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1783087498

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Over the past decade India has witnessed a number of land wars that have centred crucially on the often forcible transfer of land from small farmers or indigenous groups to private companies. Among these, the land war that erupted in Singur, West Bengal, in 2006, went on to make national headlines and become paradigmatic of many of the challenges and social conflicts that arise when a state-led policy of swiftly transferring land to private sector companies encounters resistance on the ground. Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India analyses the movement by Singur’s so-called unwilling farmers to retain and reclaim their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the movement’s internal politics as well as on contentious issues rooted in everyday caste, class and gender relations.

Social Economy in Asia
Social Economy in Asia

Author: Euiyoung Kim

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-03-04

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1498598951

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In Social Economy in Asia: Realities and Perspectives, thirteen scholars from various academic disciplines analyze the reality and different understandings of the social economy in Asia. By providing detailed case studies, engaging in comparative and global discussions, and examining theoretical and policy-relevant implications, the contributors to this collection argue that the Asian social economy has uniquely benefited as a modern economic system with a human-centric approach.

Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries
Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries

Author: Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-06-26

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 1315407892

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Climate Change, Gender and Work in Rich Countries is unique in that it covers a wide range of issues dealing with work and climate change in wealthy industrialized countries. It shows how the gendered distinctions in both experiences of climate change and the ways that public policy deals with issues has been absent in policy discussions and why their inclusion matters.

Migration, Gender and Care Economy
Migration, Gender and Care Economy

Author: S. Irudaya Rajan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2018-09-24

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0429761767

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This volume closely analyses women’s role and experiences in migration (internal and international) and its interlinkages with the care economy in their functions as nurses and paid domestic workers as well as unpaid carers. Bringing together case studies from across India and other parts of the world, the essays in the volume capture the characteristics and specificities of female migration in different settings — be it for economic or associational reasons, or as left behind members. The book also looks at gender-specific discriminations and vulnerabilities along with the empowering aspects of migration. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of migration, gender studies, sociology, and social anthropology, as well as development studies, demography, and economics.

Caste and Gender in Contemporary India
Caste and Gender in Contemporary India

Author: Supurna Banerjee

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2018-09-17

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0429783965

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This book explores the intersectional aspects of caste and gender in India that contribute to the multiple marginalities and oppressions of lower castes, with particular reference to Dalits, Muslims and women. It moves beyond the conventional accounts of experiences of women in unequal social and political relationships to examine how caste as a system and ideology shapes hegemonic masculinity and feminization of work, and thus contributes to the violence against women. The volume looks at their everyday lived realities within and across diverse social and political contexts — families, education systems, labour, communities, political parties, power, social organisations, the politics of representation and the writing of the subaltern women. With a range of empirical work, it brings forth the complexities of identity politics and further analyses its limits in regional and historical frameworks. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and specialists in caste and gender studies, exclusion and discrimination studies, sociology and social anthropology, history and political science. It will also be useful to Dalit writers and people working in the development sector in India.

Dalit Women
Dalit Women

Author: S. Anandhi

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 1351797182

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Through its investigation of the underlying political economy of gender, caste and class in India, this book shows how changing historical geographies are shaping the subjectivities of Dalits across India in ways that are neither fixed nor predictable. It brings together ethnographies from across India to explore caste politics, Dalit feminism and patriarchy, religion, economics and the continued socio-economic and political marginalisation of Dalits. With contributions from major academics this is an indispensable book for researchers, teachers and students working on new political expressions, gender identities, social inequalities and the continuing use of the notion of ‘caste’ identity in the oppression of subalterns in contemporary India. It will be essential reading in the disciplines of politics, gender, social exclusion studies, sociology and social anthropology.

Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options
Climate Change, Hazards and Adaptation Options

Author: Walter Leal Filho

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-02-14

Total Pages: 1066

ISBN-13: 3030374254

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This book addresses the issue of climate change risks and hazards holistically. Climate change adaptation aims at managing climate risks and hazards to an acceptable level, taking advantage of any positive opportunities that may arise. At the same time, developing suitable responses to hazards for communities and users of climate services is important in ensuring the success of adaptation measures. But despite this, knowledge about adaptation options, including possible actions that can be implemented to improve adaptation and reduce the impacts of climate change hazards, is still limited. Addressing this need, the book presents studies and research findings and offers a catalogue of potential adaptation options that can be explored. It also includes case studies providing illustrative and inspiring examples of how we can adapt to a changing climate.

Transformative Violence
Transformative Violence

Author: Erica Marat

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-03-11

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0197698573

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In Transformative Violence, Erica Marat explains how certain violent acts can trigger unprecedented levels of mobilization in defense of the victims. Marat shows that cases of violence that spark large public reaction share a similar set of traits. They include mobilization of both grassroots and national-level activists, a type of victim that resonates with the broader public, and a visual narrative of the victim's suffering. While all three occur independently, it is the union of these events that captures the attention of the public at large, prompts it to act, and eventually leads to policy changes.

Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Research Handbook on Energy and Society

Author: Webb, Janette

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-12-10

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1839100710

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This incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.