This reader brings together a selection of writings on peasant and labour movements; women and students youth movements; and ecological and environmental movements. It discusses contemporary social movements in India from the perspective of equity and security. INDICE: Preface; Acknowledgements; General Introduction: On the Analysis of Social Movements (T.K. Oommen); Section I - Peasant and Labour Movements;Introduction to Section I;; 1.: Indian Peasant Uprisings (Kathleen Gough);; 2.: Naxalbari Peasant Movement (Partha N. Mukherji);; 3.: The Bhoodan Gramdaan Movement (T.K. Oommen);; 4.:. The new Farmer's Movement in Maharashtra (D.N. Dhanagare);; 5,: The Indian Labour Movement: Growth and Character (S.M. Pandey);; 6,: Changing Industrial Relations: India, 1950-2000 (Debashish Bhattacharjee);; 7.: Labour Activism and Women in the Unorganised Sector (Supriya Roy Chowdhury);; Section II - Women and Students Youth Movements; Introduction to Section II; ; 8.: Changing Terms of Political Discourse: Women's Movement in India, 1970s-1990s (Indu Agnihotri and Vina Mazumdar);; 9.: The Anti-dowry Movementin Delhi (Rajni Palriwala);; 10.: The Self-Employed Women's Association (Martha A. Chen);; 11.: The Transformation of the Indian Students' Movement (PhilipG. Altbach);; 12,: Student Power: Mobilization and Protest (T.K. Oommen); Section III - Ecological and Environmental Movements; Introduction to Section III;; 13.: Ecology Movements in India (Vandana Shiva);; 14.:. Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups (Ranjit Dwivedi);; 15.:. Protest against Displacement by Development Projects (T.K. Oommen); Noteson Contributors; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-806328-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 364
- Fecha Publicación: 11/03/2010
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