Whatever Happened to Class?

Reflections from South Asia
Herausgeber: Agarwala, Rina; Herring, Ronald J.

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Produktbeschreibung

Class explains much in the differentiation of life chances and political dynamics in South Asia, yet has fallen from favor. In this volume, original empirical work investigates the contributions and limits of class analysis in understanding politics and allocative patterns of a globalizing South Asia, with suggestions for refining theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780739132562
• ISBN-10: 0739132563
• Artikelnr.: 25691941

Autorenporträt

Edited by Rina Agarwala and Ronald J. Herring - Contributions by Christopher Candland; Vivek Chibber; Leela Fernandes; John Harriss; Patrick Heller and Emmanuel Teitelbaum

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction-Restoring Agency to Class: Puzzles from South Asia
Chapter 2 1. On the Decline of Class Analysis in South Asian Studies
Chapter 3 2. Was the Indian Labor Movement Ever Co-opted? Evaluating
Standard Accounts Chapter 4 3. Workers' Organizations in Pakistan: Why No
Role in Formal Politics? Chapter 5 4. From Work to Welfare: A New Class
Movement in India Chapter 6 5. Middle-Class Activism and the Politics of
the Informal Working Class: A Perspective on Class Relations and Civil
Society in Indian Cities Chapter 7 6. Why Did "Operation Cremate Monsanto"
Fail? Science and Class in India's Great Terminator-Technology Hoax Chapter
8 7. Hegemonic Aspirations: New Middle Class Politics and India's Democracy
in Comparative Perspective