Interrogating development: insights from the margins

A new perspective on the role of culture in shaping the ambivalent attitude towards economic development of many marginalized people, this volume enables us to understand the specifics of Western modernism and modernism in India. INDICE: Introduction, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; PART I: MARGIN/CENTERDYNAMICS, Introduction to Part I, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 1.: Cultural Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Situating Cultural Practices of the Marginal Communities In India, Rahul Ghai and Sanjay Kumar;; 2.: Humiliation: Politics and Cultural Psychology of the Limits of Human Degradation, Ashis Nandy;; 3.: Pollution, Subsistence, Sustainability in USA Nationalism: The Symbolic Construction of 'Appalachia' as America's 'trash' People, Betsy Taylor;;4.: Livelihoods and Cultural Codes: Pork and Pigs in Indian Culture, Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp; PART II: CULTURAL PRACTICES, Introduction to PART II, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 5.: The Potential of Fair Trade for Bio-Cultural Regeneration: The Case of the Oro Verde cooperative in Peru, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 6.: Representation, Resistance, and Identity: The Musahards of the Middle Gangetic Plain, Sanjay Kumar, Arvind Mishra, Badri Narayan, and Rafiul Ahmed;;7.: Seeking Begumpura: Radical Bhakti and Dalit Social Movements, Gail Omvedt;; 8.: Qissa Mir-e-Alam: Experiences of reinvigorating sufiyana qalam tradition with marginalized musicians, Rahul Ghai;; PART III: QUESTIONING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH, Introduction to Part III, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 9.: CultureMatters in the Knowledge Economy, Linda Tuhiwai Smith;; 10.: How can the Capability Approach be used to Serve Marginalized Communities at the Grassroots Level?, Ingrid Robeyns;; 11.: Language Disadvantage and Capability Deprivation of Tribal Mother Tongue Speakers, Ajit Mohanty;; 12.:. From Imperialism to Globalization by Way of Development, Stephen Marglin.

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806641-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 23/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés