Drawing from the field of political sociology, geography,
anthropology, and peace studies, Routledge explores how peasant
communities in rural India form effective resistance movements
against displacement, dislocation, and cultural destruction
engendered by the development process. He shows how the Baloapal
movement--resisting a missile base--and the Chipko
movement--resisting a program of deforestation--offer rich lessons
in development strategies, nonviolent sanctions, and grassroots
social change. The sanctions chosen by the movements are shown to
be of particular importance and to have emerged from the
participants' profound sense of place. Core beliefs, traditional
values, and common goals are summoned to inspire beleaguered
communities and are employed to resist outside domination and
despoliation. Terrains of Resistance, accordingly, marks sites of
conflict in specific times and places at the essential levels of
belief and culture. They juxtapose the state's coercive power in
support of development against the ingenuity and tenacity of
grassroots movements. A highly informed, well written work showing
the potential for nonviolent sanctions throughout the developing
world, and the possible implications of continued grassroots
mobilizations. This book will be of particular interest to students
of social movements and Indian politics and to political
scientists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists.
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