Timepass - Youth, Class, and the Politics of Waiting in India (Paperback)

Social and economic changes around the globe have propelled increasing numbers of people into situations of chronic waiting, where promised access to political freedoms, social goods, or economic resources is delayed, often indefinitely. But there have been few efforts to reflect on the significance of "waiting" in the contemporary world.
"Timepass" fills this gap by offering a captivating ethnography of the student politics and youth activism that lower middle class young men in India have undertaken in response to pervasive underemployment. It highlights the importance of waiting as a social experience and basis for political mobilization, the micro-politics of class power in north India, and the socio-economic strategies of lower middle classes. The book also explores how this north Indian story relates to practices of waiting occurring in multiple other contexts, making the book of interest to scholars and students of globalization, youth studies, and class across the social sciences.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Craig Jeffrey
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	221
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-7074-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
LSN:	0-8047-7074-3
Barcode:	9780804770743

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