Globalization and the politics of identity in India / edited by Bhupinder Brar, Ashutosh Kumar, Ronki Ram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brar, Bhupinder, author.

Contributor:

Brar, Bhupinder.

Kumar, Ashutosh.

Ram, Ronki.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Social aspects--India.

Globalization.

Group identity--India.

Group identity.

Political culture--India.

Political culture.

National interest--India.

National interest.

Globalization--India.

Nationalism--India.

Nationalism.

India--Politics and government.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 312 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Pearson Longman, an imprint of Pearson Education, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Contributed articles.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Tables

Introduction: Contextualizing Globalization and the Politics of Identity 1 in India

Part I: Globalization and the Nature of Identity

Chapter 1: Globalization and Geo-Political Imperatives in South Asia

Notes

Bibliography

Chapter 2: Globalization and Imagined Identities: Lessons from Colonial and Nationalist Constructions of Identities in Punjab*

Note

References

Chapter 3: Globalization, the Diaspora and Hindutva

Fragmentation and Deterritorialization

Diaspora: The Changing Connotations

Cultural Globalization: Glocalization and Hybridity

Transnational Hinduism and the 'Hindu Diaspora'

Transnational Hindutva

Why does Hindutva Attractthe Hindu Diaspora in the West?

Chapter 4: Globalization and the Politics of Identities in India

Part II: Identity and the Politics of Marginality

Chapter 5: Religion and the Political Discourse of Identity in Kashmir

Kashmiri Identity and the Meaning of Islam

Construction of Political Identityamong the Kashmiri Muslims

Assertion of Muslim Identity

Secularization of Political Identity

Reassertion of the Muslim Identity

Summarizing the Arguments

Chapter 6: Development (?) and Identity Politics in West Bengal: The Kamtapur Movement in North Bengal

Introduction

Introducing North Bengal

State Policy: The Politics of Land Reforms And Decentralization in Rural Areas

Who are the Rajbansis? Defining an Identity

The Demand for 'Kamtapur State'

Conclusion

Chapter 7: Caste Politics and Hindu Nationalism in a Closed Society: Limits of Electoral Politics in Rajasthan

The First Phase

The Second Phase

The Third Phase: Electoral Outcome in the 1990S

Scene Before the 1999 Elections

References.

Chapter 8: 'Mool/Asli' Backward Classes and the Politics of Recognition in Rajasthan

Beyond Modernization: Looking for an Alternative Framework

Politics of Recognition

Who are the 'Mool/Asli' Backward Classes?3

'The Intellectuals of Society'

Phase I: Sanskritization

Phase II (1956 Onwards): Desanskritization

Caste Organizations of the Mbcs

Inter-MBC (Intra-Varna) Organizations

Discrete/Single Caste Organizations

Construction of Cultural Identity

Sainization, or the Impact of the Ideas of Sain

Shri Rajasthan Sain Siksha Sansthan (SRS3)16

Invention of the Institution of the First Sainacharya

Chapter 9: Caste Identity and Social Conflicts in Punjab

Caste and Democratic Politics: The Social Science Discourse

Thinking Beyond the Politics of 'Dominant Castes'

Dalits in Punjab: The Background

Case I: Jethumajra

Case II: Talhan

Case III: Hassanpur

Concluding Comments

Part III: Globalization, the Economy and the Politics of Identity

Chapter 10: Globalization and the Foreign Economic Policy of India: A Study of Foreign Direct Investment

Chapter 11: India Shining: The Impact of Economic Reforms on Indian Elections

What do People Feel about Economic Reforms?

Opinion on Related Issues

Impact of the Policy of Economic Reforms

Who should be Blamed?

Future of the Economic Reforms Policy

Appendix

Part IV: Unitarist Nationalism and Identities

Chapter 12: The Politics of Identity in Kashmir

Chapter 13: Thinking about Democracy, Identity Politics and Development in India

Nehru and the Evolution of Post-Colonial Democracy

Explosion of Multiple Identities, Ideologies and Loyalties.

Muddling through Diversities: An Overview of the Political Regimes

The Resurgence of Hindutva

Development Processes: A Critique

Concluding Observations

Chapter 14: Democracy Beyond Frontiers: Indian Democracy in the Age of Globalization

Nation Against Nation

People-Turned-Nation

Democratic Deficit in the Age of Globalization

Re-Moralizing Democracy

Women Crossing Lines

The Ethics of Medical Practitioners

Part V: Globalization Beyond Identity Politics

Chapter 15: Globalization and Development Strategies for the Indian Northeast

The Northeast

Government Finances

The Northeast in Indian Regional Planning

Economic Policy Framework for the Northeast

Preparing for Globalization

About the Editors and Contributors

The Editors

The Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789332500655

9332500657

OCLC:

1024264064