Policy and Politics of Development in India

Quest for Rural Dignity
Herausgegeben:Suthar, Sudhir Kumar

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses various debates around the policy of rural development in India. Various authors in this volume attempt to show how the issue of rural development requires looking into multiple issues at hand. Looking at the issue from the dignity perspective, it not only offers a critique of the existing policy framework but also proposes an alternative one. Building upon empirical studies comparing India with other countries or discussing specific cases within India, authors have attempted to put up different perspectives on rural development together. It offers fresh insights into the debate as the existing debate on the subject largely revolves around farm-related issues or the challenges of income enhancement. It attempts to show that the idea of rural development needs to be broadened to incorporate other critical issues such as rural infrastructure building, women's dignity, industrialization, etc. This book in this sense initiates a new debate on rural developmentin India in academic discourse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin; Palgrave Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 185
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789819549481
• ISBN-10: 9819549485
• Artikelnr.: 75835271

Autorenporträt

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Suthar teaches at the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. His areas of specialization are governance, rural and agrarian politics and movements, political psychology, international relations and research methodology.  

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Rural Dignity: Conceptual Evolution,
Manifestations and Emerging Challenges.- Chapter 2: ‘Empowering’ Women
Through Sports: Case of Rural Haryana.- Chapter 3: Access to land and
housing: An analysis of PMAY-Gramin.- Chapter 4: Housing and Women’s Sense
of Dignity in Rural India: A Field Analysis.- Chapter 5: Right to Work,
Dignity and Welfare Surveillance in India’s Rural Employment Programme.-
Chapter 6: Re-Powering Rural Dignity: Rural Transformation Through Energy
Transition.- Chapter 7: Recalibrating Quality of Education: A Study of
Rural-Urban Schools in Uttar Pradesh.- Chapter 8: Communalism in the
Countryside: The Interface of Rural Transformation and Religious
Majoritarianism in Bihar.- Chapter 9: Navigating Adversity: Struggle for
the Dignity of the Nishad Community in Rural Western Uttar Pradesh.-
Chapter 10: Suicides in Agrarian Society: Exploring Dignity and Humiliation
in Rural Punjab.- Chapter 11: Caste, Hierarchy and Dignity: A Study of
Rural Uttar Pradesh.- Chapter 12: Reproduction of Rural Insecurities in
Urban Spaces: Women Garment Workers in Delhi NCR region.- Chapter 13:
Farmers’ as Villains: Case of Air Pollution in National Capital Territory
of Delhi and Stubble Burning in North India.