Book description
Globalization and the Politics of Identity in India features sixteen original essays that discuss the effects of globalization on prevalent identities in India: political, religious, social, and cultural. It includes perspectives from political science, history, sociology, economics, and international relations; identity politics in Kashmir, Punjab, North Bengal, Rajasthan and the North-East, as well as among the diaspora. Readers also get know of popular understanding of liberalization and privatization, the impacts of foreign direct investment and various tendencies brought about by globalization, such as Unitarianism, majoritarian nationalism and multiculturalism.Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- About the Editors and Contributors
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- PART I: Globalization and the Nature of Identity
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PART II: Identity and the Politics of Marginality
- 5. Religion and the Political Discourse of Identity in Kashmir
- 6. Development (?) and Identity Politics in West Bengal: The Kamtapur Movement in North Bengal
- 7. Caste Politics and Hindu Nationalism in a Closed Society: Limits of Electoral Politics in Rajasthan
- 8. ‘Mool/Asli’ Backward Classes and the Politics of Recognition in Rajasthan
- 9. Caste Identity and Socio! Conflicts in Punjab
- PART III: Globalization, the Economy and the Politics of Identity
- PART IV: Unitarist Nationalism and Identities
- PART V: Globalization Beyond Identity Politics
- Notes
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Globalization and the Politics of Identity in India
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2007
- Publisher(s): Pearson India
- ISBN: 9788131785256
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