Dispossession and resistance in India : the river and the rage / / Alf Gunvald Nilsen
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| Autore: |
Nilsen Alf Gunvald
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| Titolo: |
Dispossession and resistance in India : the river and the rage / / Alf Gunvald Nilsen
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
| New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Forced migration - India - Madhya Pradesh |
| Rural poor - Rehabilitation - India - Madhya Pradesh | |
| Dams - Environmental aspects - India - Gujarat | |
| Water resources development - India - Gujarat | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Narmada River Valley (India) Environmental conditions |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dispossession and resistance in India |
| ISBN: | 1-136-99431-9 |
| 1-136-99432-7 | |
| 1-282-58702-1 | |
| 9786612587023 | |
| 0-203-85497-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910956453203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Routledge advances in South Asian studies.