Alf Gunvald Nilsen

Dispossession and Resistance in India

The River and the Rage

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With a particular focus on the Narmada case in India, this book deals with the controversies surrounding developmental aspects of large dams. Based on extensive field data and research, the author's substantial and innovative analysis shows how local demands for resettlement and rehabilitation were transformed into a radical anti-dam campaign linked to national and transnational movement networks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780415533621
• ISBN-10: 0415533627
• Artikelnr.: 53921125

Autorenporträt

Alf Gunvald Nilsen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests cover social movement theory and research, critical development research, and Marxist approaches to the political economy of capitalist development - all with special reference to India and South Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The River and the Rage: Introducing the Narmada Valley Conflict 2.
Losing Ground: Accumulation by Dispossession in the Narmada Valley 3.
Everyday Tyranny and Rightful Resistance: The Emergence of the Khedut
Mazdoor Chetna Sangath 4. Discovering the Dam: Militant Particularist
Struggles for Resettlement and Rehabilitation 5. Towards Opposition: The
Formation of the Anti-Dam Campaign 6. Cycles of Struggle: The Trajectory of
the Anti-Dam Campaign 1990-2000 7. Enablements and Constraints: The Making
of the Maheshwar Anti-Dam Campaign 8. Development, Not Destruction:
Alternative Development as a Social Movement Project 9. Whither the Rage?
Learning from the Narmada Valley Movement Process