Debal K Singharoy
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This collection of essays shows that as the developmental processes have not positively impacted all sections of the society, due to inherited socio-cultural considerations on the one hand and the state failure to ensure equity to all its citizen on the other, pre-existing social imbalances have been reproduced and furthered keeping vast sections of the population persistently poor, illiterate, in ill-health, un/underemployed, homeless, voiceless and vulnerable. ...
This collection of essays examines the emerging patterns of social movements taking shape all over the world locally and also cutting across the geographical boundaries of the state and the nation globally. It not only critically analyses the conceptual underpinnings of the functional, symbolic interactional, Marxian, neo- -Marxian, political process-resource mobilization, new social movement-identity, subaltern, Gandhian perspectives among others, but also ...
Though many of the pre-existing processes of marginalization are getting weakened with the expansion of! the democratic and liberal forces, several new dimensions of marginalization are in the making and old ones are also getting reinforced in the wake of globalization. This collection of essays with reputed scholars from India, United States of America, United Kingdom and the Czech Republic critically examines the changing form and dimensions of marginalization ...
In the wake of globalisation, a paradigm shift in the development strategy of the state, proliferation of grassroots mobilisations and the emergence of a new collective identity among marginalised groups, the concepts of social development and empowerment have acquired new connotations. Bringing together original contributions from scholars, researchers and social activists, this volume explores the initiatives, strategies and potential obstacles in the way of ...
The central concern of this book is to examine, in a comparative framework, the ways in which grassroots mobilizations transform and institutionalize themselves, forge new collective identities and articulate new strategies for survival and resistance. Debal K. Singha Roy focuses on three major radical movements-Tebhaga and Naxalite in West Bengal and Telangana in Andhra Pradesh. Based on empirical data and supported by a wide range of secondary sources, the ...