Sirpa Tenhunen, Minna Säävälä

An Introduction to Changing India (eBook, PDF)

Culture, Politics and Development

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Produktbeschreibung

An Introduction to Changing India: Culture, Politics and Development provides a comprehensive view of today's rapidly changing India in a way that is both reader-friendly and scholarly, without requiring prior knowledge on the subject from its readers. It investigates Indian culture, politics, economics and technology, as well as population and environmental issues. Gender issues are also discussed throughout the book. The authors provide a balanced picture of the emerging India's many triumphs, as well as its lingering problems and the ongoing battle for more inclusive growth. By drawing on anthropological fieldwork in rural and urban India, the authors give ordinary Indians a voice by exploring their aspirations for change, while also describing macro-level changes.

The study draws from extensive reading of research reports and fieldwork by the authors, who have carried out anthropological research on kinship, gender issues, politics, class and caste, population issues and the appropriation of information technology in India since the 1990s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857288271
• Artikelnr.: 44472449

Autorenporträt

Sirpa Tenhunen is a social anthropologist at the University of Helsinki, where her current research examines the appropriation of mobile technology in West Bengal, India. Her past research projects have dealt with gender, kinship, politics and ritual both in rural and urban India.

Minna Säävälä is a social anthropologist at the Population Research Institute in Helsinki, where she specializes in demographic anthropology and reproductive health issues. She has carried out fieldwork in Andhra Pradesh in southern India in both rural and urban settings. She is currently engaged in studying migration and intercultural interaction in the European context.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Young Nation, Old Civilization
Chapter 3: Unity in Diversity
Chapter 4: Caste and Kinship: The Keys of Interaction
Chapter 5: Political Transitions
Chapter 6: Political Alternatives
Chapter 7: Population Giant
Chapter 8: Between Poverty and Affluence
Chapter 9: Economy, Labor and Production
Chapter 10: New Technology: A Shortcut to Development?
Chapter 11: Growth Burdens the Environment
Chapter 12: Conclusion
References
Index