The pace of socioeconomic transformation in India over the past two and a half decades has been formidable. This volume sheds light on how these transformations have played out at the level of everyday life to influence the lives of Indian women, and gender relations more broadl…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- PART I Introduction -- 1 Industrialising rural India -- PART II Policy evolution -- 2 'The dog that didn't bark' (very loudly) - large-scale development projects with …
Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a large scale. At the same time, the transfer of land from rural communities and indigenous groups for industrial parks, mining, or S…