1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792017503321

Autore

Mathur Hari Mohan

Titolo

Displacement and resettlement in India : the human cost of development / / Hari Mohan Mathur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-04719-7

0-203-49179-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; ; 69

Disciplina

325

Soggetti

Forced migration - India

Rural-urban migration - India

Rural development - Sociological aspects - India

Economic development - Social aspects - India

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Displacement and resettlement in the development process; PART 1 Displacement by development; 1 Not by dams alone: urban development projects and displacement of slum dwellers; 2 Mining coal, undermining people: flawed resettlement leaves displaced people worse off; 3 Common development disorders: impoverishment risks from projects that involve displacement; PART 2 The policy response; 4 Good intentions are not enough: the World Bank policy on involuntary resettlement

5 Providing a better life for displaced people: national policy guidelines on involuntary resettlementPART 3 Approaches to resettlement; 6 Social impact assessment: an aid to understanding the likely effects of a proposed intervention; 7 Making resettlement work: issues in planning and management; 8 New livelihoods for old: restoring incomes lost due to involuntary resettlement; 9 No end to injustice: gender biases in resettlement planning; PART 4 Resettlement in a globalizing world; 10 Investors in, farmers out: private sector projects and the contentious issue of land acquisition

11 A blow to tribal life: the disastrous impact of globalizationPART 5



The way forward; 12 Development for all: ensure that the displaced people have a share in project benefits; Appendices; Appendix I: Definitions of the terms used in this book; Appendix II: Resettlement in different project types; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the past ten years or so, displacement by development projects has gone on almost untamed under the globalization pressures to meet the demand for land from local and increasingly foreign investors. Focusing on India, this book looks at the complex issue of resettling people who are displaced for the sake of development.The book discusses how the affected farming communities are fiercely opposing the development projects that often leave them worse off than before, and how this conflict is a matter of serious concern for the planners, as it could discourage potential capita

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828958503321

Autore

Arsenault Elizabeth Grimm

Titolo

How the gloves came off : lawyers, policy makers, and norms in the debate on torture / / Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-231-54325-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 pages)

Collana

Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Disciplina

364.6/7

Soggetti

Torture - Government policy - United States

Prisoners of war - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Background -- 1. Introduction -- 2. History of Pow Treatment in The United States -- 3. Modern Pow Treatment in The United States -- Part Two. Evolution of Norms around Pow Treatment -- 4. Pow Treatment and Lawyers -- 5. Pow Treatment and Policy Makers -- 6. Pow Treatment and Interrogators -- Part Three. Conclusion -- 7. Implications and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Who's Who -- Appendix B: Timeline



of Major Events -- Appendix C: Acronyms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites" after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Since then, the guarantee of American civil liberties and due process for POWs and detainees has grown muddled, threatening the norms that sustain modern democracies. How the Gloves Came Off considers the legal and political arguments that led to this standoff between civility and chaos and their significant consequences for the strategic interests and standing of the United States. Unpacking the rhetoric surrounding the push for unitary executive action in wartime, How the Gloves Came Off traces the unmaking of the consensus against torture. It implicates U.S. military commanders, high-level government administrators, lawyers, and policy makers from both parties, exposing the ease with which powerful actors manipulated ambiguities to strip detainees of their humanity. By targeting the language and logic that made torture thinkable, this book shows how future decision makers can craft an effective counternarrative and set a new course for U.S. policy toward POWs and detainees. Whether leaders use their influence to reinforce a prohibition of cruelty to prisoners or continue to undermine long-standing international law will determine whether the United States retains a core component of its founding identity.