Development, Democracy and the State

1 The Kerala Model: situating the critique K. RAVI RAMAN
PART 1
Historical perspectives: caste, religion and development
2 Caste, public action and the Kerala Model K.T. RAMMOHAN
3 'Community' as de-imagining nation: relocating the Ezhava movement in Kerala J. REGHU
4 Negotiating the Hindu state and nationalism:travails in the making of a community M.M. KHAN
PART 2
Contemporary political economy
5 Freedom, economic reform and the Kerala 'Model' M.A. OOMMEN
6 On the periphery: Muslims and the Kerala Model M. KABIR
7 Learning to learn: Dalit education in Kerala ROSHNI PADMANABHAN
8 Thinking through CT scanners: the value(s) of imaging technologies in Kerala CAROLINE WILSON
9 Asian Development Bank, conditionalities and the social democratic governance: Kerala Model under pressure? K. RAVI RAMAN
10 The conjuncture of 'late socialism' in Kerala: a critique of the narrative of social democracy NISSIM MANNATHUKKAREN
PART 3
Gender, space and identities
11 Empowerment or politicization? The limits of gender inclusiveness of Kerala's political decentralization J. DEVIKA AND BINITHA V. THAMPI
12 The institutionalization of dowry in Kerala: feminine identity, conjugal patronage and development PRAVEENA KODOTH
13 'Caring' cosmopolitans and global migration:plus ça change? SHOBA ARUN
PART 4
New social movements: political and cultural perspectives
14 Adivasi workers' struggles and the Kerala Model:interpreting the past, confronting the present LUISA STEUR
15 Social space, civil society and transformative politics of new social movements in Kerala T.T. SREEKUMAR and GOVINDAN PARAYIL