Intractable Conflicts in Contemporary India - Narratives and Social Movements (Hardcover)

This book attempts a representation of society in contemporary India through an ethnography woven around long-standing intractable conflicts - of displacement and rehabilitation, patriarchy, insurgency and counter-insurgency operations, and climate change. Each chapter in this volume offers a critical transformative narrative in response to these conflicts. It asks how social justice and equality is to be constructed and provides a fresh perspective. It is argued that social movements can no longer be concerned only with itemizing a checklist of demands; it is now necessary to be free of the hegemony of current frames, categories, concepts and principles, and to rethink the 'promise'. The volume maintains that this effort to step out of the 'endless waiting' for delivery of a 'promised value' draws out the labour of transformative action. A valuable contribution to understanding social movements in India, this work challenges the established discourses around grassroots politics, progressive policies and legislations as well as radical mass movements. The book will interest students and researchers of social movements, conflict and peace studies, sociology and social anthropology, political science and development studies. It will also be useful to those working in the areas of human rights, social exclusion and inclusive policies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge India
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Movements and Transformative Dissent
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Savyasaachi
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-63286-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	1-138-63286-4
Barcode:	9781138632868

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