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Springer Globalisation and the Challenges of Development In Contemporary India by Venkateswar Sita
1. Globalisation and the Challenges of Development: An Introduction / Sita Venkateswar and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Part I: Framing the Macro Environment 2. Compressed Capitalism, Globalisation and the Fate of Indian Development / Anthony P. D’Costa 3. India’s Economic Performance in the Post-reforms Period: A Tale of Mixed Messages / Ranjan Ray 4. Post-industrial Development and the New Leisure Economy / Adrian Athique Part II: Food Security 5. India’s Evolving Food and Nutrition Scenario: An Overview / Srikanta Chatterjee 6. Beyond Basmati: Two Approaches to the Challenge of Agricultural Development in the ‘New India’ / Graeme MacRae 7. Millet in Our Own Voices: A Culturally-Centred Articulation of Alternative Development by DDS Women Farmers’ Sanghams / Jagadish Thaker and Mohan Dutta Part III: Activism, Development and Changing Technologies 8. Investment-Induced Displacement and the Ecological Basis of India’s Economy / Felix Padel 9. Urban Neoliberalism and the Right to Water and Sanitation for Bangalore’s Poor / Vicky Walters 10. Bastis as “Forgotten Places” in Howrah, West Bengal / Lorena Gibson 11. ICT4D and Empowerment: Uneven Development in Rural South India / Rakhee Chatbar 12. Paradigms of Digital Activism: India and Its Mobile Internet Users / Paula Ray Part IV: Conclusion 13. Approaching Contemporary India: The Politics of Scale, Space and Aspiration in the Time of Modi / Douglas P. Hill