Development and Deprivation in Gujarat
In Honour of Jan Breman
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2002
Book
Hardback
348 pages
978-0-7619-9725-2 (ISBN)
Description
Conceived as a festschrift in honour of Jan Breman, this multidisciplinary volume provides an incisive analysis of various aspects of present-day Gujarati society. By concentrating on the conditions of Dalits, tribals, landless agricultural labourers and industrial workers, the 16 original essays gathered here provide a vivid account of the paradoxes and social consequences of both industrial and agricultural growth.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9725-2 (9780761997252)
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Ghanshyam Shah is currently Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wassenaar, The Netherlands. During a rich and distinguished career, he has been Director of the Centre for Social Studies, Surat (1976-85 and again from 1991 to 1996); Dr Ambedkar Chair Professor at the National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie (1996-97); and Professor in Social Sciences at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, (1997-2003).
Professor Shah has taught in the Department of Public Administration at South Gujarat University; and has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science at Banaras Hindu University and at the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, among others. He was awarded the V.K.R.V. Rao prize in Political Science Research in 1979 and 1980, and the University Grants Commission National Award in Political Science in 1998. Ghanshyam Shah has authored, co-authored or edited more than 15 books, including Social Movements and the State (2002), Dalit Identity and Politics (2001) and Public Health and Urban Development: The Study of the Surat Plague (1997).
Professor Shah has taught in the Department of Public Administration at South Gujarat University; and has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science at Banaras Hindu University and at the Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, among others. He was awarded the V.K.R.V. Rao prize in Political Science Research in 1979 and 1980, and the University Grants Commission National Award in Political Science in 1998. Ghanshyam Shah has authored, co-authored or edited more than 15 books, including Social Movements and the State (2002), Dalit Identity and Politics (2001) and Public Health and Urban Development: The Study of the Surat Plague (1997).
Content
Preface
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Capitalist Development and Jan Breman's Study of the Labouring Class in Gujarat - Ghanshyam Shah and Mario Rutten
The Contradictions of Growth - Indira Hirway and Piet Terhal
On the Political Culture of Authoritarianism - Parita Mukta
PART TWO: LABOUR RELATIONS
Artisans and the Shaping of Labour Regimes in Urban Gujarat, 1600-1960 - Douglas Haynes
Corporist Patronage in Ahmedabad Textile Industry - Sujata Patel
Landless Labour and Agrarian Change in South Gujarat - Uma Kothari
The Experiences of Halpati Women
Casualisation of the Workforce - Hein Streefkerk
Thirty Years of Industrial Labour in South Gujarat
Searching for Space - Kiran Desai
Workers in the Fringe Sector of Surat
PART THREE: Encroachments and Assertions
Christianity and the Advisasis of Gujarat - David Hardiman
Development, Deprivation and Discontent - Satyakam Joshi
A Case for Dangs Tribals
Land Alienation and Adivasi in Bharuch District - Stany Pinto
Dalit Assertion for Self-Esteem - Harshad Desai and Chandu Maheria
From Sambarda to Swamannagar
Globalising Gujarat - Shalini Randeria
Environmental Action in the Legal Arena
PART FOUR: MIGRATION
Uneven Development and Migration - Amita Shah
Insights from Micro Initiatives
Rural to Urban Migration and the Significance of Caste - Mirandu Engelshoven
The Case of the Saurashtra Patels of Surat
Twice Migrants and Linkages with Central Gujarat - Mario Rutten and Pravin J Patel
Patidars in East Africa and Britain
Jan Breman: A Bibliography (Compiled by Mario Rutten)
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Capitalist Development and Jan Breman's Study of the Labouring Class in Gujarat - Ghanshyam Shah and Mario Rutten
The Contradictions of Growth - Indira Hirway and Piet Terhal
On the Political Culture of Authoritarianism - Parita Mukta
PART TWO: LABOUR RELATIONS
Artisans and the Shaping of Labour Regimes in Urban Gujarat, 1600-1960 - Douglas Haynes
Corporist Patronage in Ahmedabad Textile Industry - Sujata Patel
Landless Labour and Agrarian Change in South Gujarat - Uma Kothari
The Experiences of Halpati Women
Casualisation of the Workforce - Hein Streefkerk
Thirty Years of Industrial Labour in South Gujarat
Searching for Space - Kiran Desai
Workers in the Fringe Sector of Surat
PART THREE: Encroachments and Assertions
Christianity and the Advisasis of Gujarat - David Hardiman
Development, Deprivation and Discontent - Satyakam Joshi
A Case for Dangs Tribals
Land Alienation and Adivasi in Bharuch District - Stany Pinto
Dalit Assertion for Self-Esteem - Harshad Desai and Chandu Maheria
From Sambarda to Swamannagar
Globalising Gujarat - Shalini Randeria
Environmental Action in the Legal Arena
PART FOUR: MIGRATION
Uneven Development and Migration - Amita Shah
Insights from Micro Initiatives
Rural to Urban Migration and the Significance of Caste - Mirandu Engelshoven
The Case of the Saurashtra Patels of Surat
Twice Migrants and Linkages with Central Gujarat - Mario Rutten and Pravin J Patel
Patidars in East Africa and Britain
Jan Breman: A Bibliography (Compiled by Mario Rutten)