The Munda Elites

The Munda Elites
Author: Manohar Lal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1983
Genre: Elite (Social sciences)
ISBN:

Elite and Development

Elite and Development
Author: Sachchidananda
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1980
Genre: Elite (Social sciences)
ISBN:

Most papers presented at a seminar held at the A.N.S. Institute of Social Studies, 1977.

The Munda Elites

The Munda Elites
Author: Dr. Manohar Lal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2019
Genre: Elite (Social sciences)
ISBN: 9789387363854

In the Shadows of the State

In the Shadows of the State
Author: Alpa Shah
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2010-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0822392933

In the Shadows of the State suggests that well-meaning indigenous rights and development claims and interventions may misrepresent and hurt the very people they intend to help. It is a powerful critique based on extensive ethnographic research in Jharkhand, a state in eastern India officially created in 2000. While the realization of an independent Jharkhand was the culmination of many years of local, regional, and transnational activism for the rights of the region’s culturally autonomous indigenous people, Alpa Shah argues that the activism unintentionally further marginalized the region’s poorest people. Drawing on a decade of ethnographic research in Jharkhand, she follows the everyday lives of some of the poorest villagers as they chase away protected wild elephants, try to cut down the forests they allegedly live in harmony with, maintain a healthy skepticism about the revival of the indigenous governance system, and seek to avoid the initial spread of an armed revolution of Maoist guerrillas who claim to represent them. Juxtaposing these experiences with the accounts of the village elites and the rhetoric of the urban indigenous-rights activists, Shah reveals a class dimension to the indigenous-rights movement, one easily lost in the cultural-based identity politics that the movement produces. In the Shadows of the State brings together ethnographic and theoretical analyses to show that the local use of global discourses of indigeneity often reinforces a class system that harms the poorest people.

Tribal Elites and Social Transformation

Tribal Elites and Social Transformation
Author: Kamal K. Misra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1994
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Study of the Khamti (Southeast Asian people) of Arunāchal Pradesh and their role in social transformation.

The Politics of Belonging in India

The Politics of Belonging in India
Author: Daniel J. Rycroft
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2011-03-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136791140

Since the 1990s, the Indigenous movement worldwide has become increasingly relevant to research in India, re-shaping the terms of engagement with Adivasi (Indigenous/tribal) peoples and their pasts. This book responds to the growing need for an inter-disciplinary re-assessment of Tribal studies in postcolonial India and defines a new agenda for Adivasi studies. It considers the existing conceptual and historical parameters of Tribal studies, as a means of addressing new approaches to histories of de-colonization and patterns of identity-formation that have become visible since national independence. Contributors address a number of important concerns, including the meaning of Indigenous studies in the context of globalised academic and political imaginaries, and the possibilities and pitfalls of constructions of indigeneity as both a foundational and a relational concept. A series of short editorial essays provide theoretical clarity to issues of representation, resistance, agency, recognition and marginality. The book is an essential read for students and scholars of Indian Sociology, Anthropology, History, Cultural Studies and Indigenous studies.

Climate Change and Gendered Livelihoods in Bangladesh

Climate Change and Gendered Livelihoods in Bangladesh
Author: Sajal Roy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2021-11-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 100043060X

Globally climate-induced disasters have been impacting marginalised communities’ lives, livelihood and gendered relations. This book explores the effects of Cyclone Aila (as a result of climate change) in 2009 on the rural livelihoods and gendered relations of two ethnically distinct forest communities – Munda, an indigenous group, and Shora, a Muslim group – dwelling near the Sundarbans Forest in Bangladesh. Examining the cyclone’s medium- to long-term impacts on livelihoods and comparative aspects of gendered relations between these two contrasting communities, this book addresses a gap in current critical development studies. It adopts an ethnographic research design and analyses the alterations to livelihood activities and reconfiguration of gender relations within the Munda and Shora communities since 2009. The study primarily contends that post-Aila, livelihoods and gendered relations have been substantially transformed in both communities, making the case that the improvement of local infrastructure, as an important part of the geographical location, has noticeably progressed the living conditions and livelihoods of some members of the Munda and Shora communities. Connecting climate-induced changes with the construction and alteration of gendered livelihood patterns, the book will be of interest to a wide range of academics in the fields of Asian Studies, Sociology of Environment, Social Anthropology, Human Geography, Gender and Cultural Studies, Human Geography, Disaster Management and Forestry and Environmental Science.

PARTY POLITICS IN JHARKHAND (1919-1990)

PARTY POLITICS IN JHARKHAND (1919-1990)
Author: L. N. Rana
Publisher: The Write Order Publication
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2024-06-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9357760288

The study unfolds the working of party politics in Jharkhand in the national background during the colonial and post-colonial period. This period witnessed manifold changes when the democratic system was partially introduced under the representative government and provincial autonomy. After Independence and the establishment of the Republic, the nature and working of the political parties underwent a sea change. The rise of regional political parties, their fragmentation and the emergence of new ones along with the demand for a seperate Jharkhand State have been discussed in detail. This book will be of great use to teachers, scholars, and students of history and political science, legislators, members of various parties, and all those interested in the study of regional political parties in India particularly in the Jharkhand State.

Prophets of Rebellion

Prophets of Rebellion
Author: Michael Adas
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1469610027

Adas explores the relationship between millenarianism and violent protest by focusing on five case studies representing a wide range of social, political, and economic systems. The rebellions examined are: Netherlands East Indies (1825-30), New Zealand (c. 1864-67), Central India (1895-1900), German East Africa (1903-6), and Burma (1930-32). Arranged topically to emphasize comparative patterns, the study analyzes causes, leaders, organization, failure, and the impact on the individual society. Originally published in 1979. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge and Sustainability

Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge and Sustainability
Author: Ranjan Datta
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2024-09-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1040135048

This edited volume explores the crucial intersections between Indigenous Land-Based Knowledge (ILK), sustainability, settler colonialism, and the ongoing environmental crisis. Contributors from cross-cultural communities, including Indigenous, settlers, immigrants, and refugee communities, discuss why ILK and practice hold great potential for tackling our current environmental crises, particularly addressing the settler colonialism that contributes towards the environmental challenges faced in the world. The authors offer insights into sustainable practices, biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, and sustainable land management and centre Indigenous perspectives on ILK as a space to practise, preserve, and promote Indigenous cultures. With case studies spanning topics as diverse as land acknowledgements, land-based learning, Indigenous-led water governance, and birth evacuation, this book shows how our responsibility for ILK can benefit collectively by fostering a more inclusive, sustainable, and interconnected world. Through the promotion of Indigenous perspectives and responsibility towards land and community, this volume advocates for a shift in paradigm towards more inclusive and sustainable approaches to environmental sustainability. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental sociology, postcolonial studies, and Indigenous studies.