Manisha Desai

Subaltern Movements in India

Gendered Geographies of Struggle Against Neoliberal Development

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines social movements which challenge the neoliberal model of development in India. It offers a new approach on the politics of social movements in contemporary India by discussing the nuanced relationship between development and democracy, social justice and gender justice. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Development and Gender studies, Studies of social movements and South Asian Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781138938298
• ISBN-10: 1138938297
• Artikelnr.: 42698563

Autorenporträt

Manisha Desai is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies at the University of Connecticut, USA. Her research interests include Gender, Globalization and Development, Transnational Feminisms, and Contemporary Indian Society.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Legalism From Below, Translocal Fields of Protest, and Gendered
Geographies 2. The Making of Translocal Fields of Protest 3. Resisting
Displacement, Challenging Exclusion in Nar-Par Adivasi Sangathan 4. From
Strategic Visibility to Marginality in the Mahuva Movement 5. Ongoing
Engagement in Gender Justice in MASS 6. Towards a Gender Just Development
and Democracy