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  • Rethinking Social Exclusion in India

    Castes, Communities and the State

    Edited by Minoru Mio, Abhijit Dasgupta ...
    Series series Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
    In recent years exclusionary policies of the Indian state have raised questions concerning social harmony and economic progress. During the last few decades the emergence of identity politics has given new lease of life to exclusionary practices in the country. Castes, communities and ethnic groups have re-emerged in almost every sphere of social life.This book analyses different aspects of social ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Dynamics of Conflict and Peace in Contemporary South Asia

    The State, Democracy and Social Movements

    Edited by Minoru Mio, Kazuya Nakamizo, Tatsuro Fujikura ...
    Series series Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
    This book engages with the concept, true value, and function of democracy in South Asia against the background of real social conditions for the promotion of peaceful development in the region.In the book, the issue of peaceful social development is defined as the conditions under which the maintenance of social order and social development is achieved – not by violent compulsion but through the ... Read more

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  • Cities in South Asia

    Edited by Crispin Bates, Minoru Mio ...
    Series series Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
    Globalisation has long historical roots in South Asia, but economic liberalisation has led to uniquely rapid urban growth in South Asia during the past decade. This book brings together a multidisciplinary collection of chapters on contemporary and historical themes explaining this recent explosive growth and transformations on-going in the cities of this region.The essays in this volume attempt ... Read more

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  • Human and International Security in India

    Edited by Crispin Bates, Akio Tanabe, Minoru Mio ...
    Series series Routledge New Horizons in South Asian Studies
    With its common colonial experience, an overarching cultural unity despite apparent diversities, and issues of nation-building cutting across national frontiers, South Asia offers a critical site on which to develop a discourse on regional security that centres on the notion of human security. This book analyses the progress that has been achieved since independence in multiple intersecting areas ... Read more

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  • Contemporary India: The Basics

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    Contemporary India: The Basics provides readers with a clear and accessible guide through the richness, diversity and complexity of twenty-first century India. It explores the reality of the country’s cultural diversity which creates both harmony and tension. Covering issues the country faces both domestically and on the global stage, this book analyzes the political, social, cultural and economic ... Read more

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  • Gujarat Beyond Gandhi

    Identity, Society and Conflict

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  • Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams

    Identity and Modernity Among Jat Sikhs

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