1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459354703321

Autore

Nilsen Alf Gunvald

Titolo

Dispossession and resistance in India : the river and the rage / / Alf Gunvald Nilsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99431-9

1-136-99432-7

1-282-58702-1

9786612587023

0-203-85497-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in South Asian studies

Disciplina

307.2

Soggetti

Forced migration - India - Madhya Pradesh

Rural poor - Rehabilitation - India - Madhya Pradesh

Dams - Environmental aspects - India - Gujarat

Water resources development - India - Gujarat

Electronic books.

Narmada River Valley (India) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The river and the rage: Introducing the Narmada Valley conflict; 2 Losing ground: Accumulation by dispossession in the Narmada Valley; 3 Everyday tyranny and rightful resistance: The emergence of the Khedut Mazdoor Chetna Sangath; 4 Discovering the dam: Militant particularist struggles for resettlement and rehabilitation; 5 Towards opposition: The formation of the anti-dam campaign; 6 Cycles of struggle: The trajectory of the anti-dam campaign, 1990-2000; 7 Enablements and constraints: The making of the Maheshwar anti-dam campaign

8 Development, not destruction: Alternative development as a social movement project9 Whither the rage?: Learning from the Narmada Valley movement process; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the controversies on developmental aspects of



large dams, with a particular focus on the Narmada Valley projects in India. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and research, the author draws on Marxist theory to craft a detailed analysis of how local demands for resettlement and rehabilitation were transformed into a radical anti-dam campaign linked to national and transnational movement networks. The book explains the Narmada conflict and addresses how the building of the anti-dam campaign was animated by processes of collective learning, how activists exte

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689534703321

Titolo

Issues at the northern border : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, October 29, 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 116 p.)

Soggetti

Border patrols - New York (State)

Customs administration - New York (State)

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

United States Relations Canada

Canada Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144629603321

Titolo

Revista electrónica de la autopsia = : The electronic journal of autopsy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burgos, España, : Unidad de Investigación, Hospital General Yagüe, [2003]-

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Autopsy

Autopsie

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from journal title screen (publisher's Web site, viewed July 24, 2006).