Development, democracy and the state : critiquing the Kerala model of development

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 The Kerala Model: Situating the critique; Part 1 Historical perspectives: Caste, religion and development; 2 Caste, public action and the Kerala Model; 3 'Community' as de-imagining nation: Relocating the Ezhava movement in Kerala; 4 Negotiating the Hindu state and nationalism: Travails in the making of a community; Part 2 Contemporary political economy; 5 Freedom, economic reform and the Kerala 'Model'; 6 On the periphery: Muslims and the Kerala Model; 7 Learning to learn: Dalit education in Kerala

8 Thinking through CT scanners: The value(s) of imaging technologies in Kerala9 Asian Development Bank, conditionalities and the social democratic governance: Kerala Model under pressure?; 10 The conjuncture of 'late socialism' in Kerala: a critique of the narrative of social democracy; Part 3 Gender, space and identities; 11 Empowerment or politicization?: The limits of gender inclusiveness of Kerala's political decentralization; 12 The institutionalization of dowry in Kerala: feminine identity, conjugal patronage and development

13 'Caring' cosmopolitans and global migration: plus ça change?Part 4 New social movements: Political and cultural perspectives; 14 Adivasi workers' struggles and the Kerala Model: Interpreting the past, confronting the present; 15 Social space, civil society and transformative politics of new social movements in Kerala; Index

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