"Many of the successful campaigns for national liberation in the years following World War II were initially based on democratic and secular ideals. Once established, however, the newly independent nations had to deal with entirely unexpected religious fierceness. Michael Walzer…
Gender & caste
by Rao, Anupama
fromIssues in contemporary Indian feminism (London, England)
Contributed articles on the issues related to Dalit women in India.
"Why does poverty persist? A critical, but so far ignored, part of the answer lies in the fact that poverty is regularly created. Large numbers of people are escaping poverty, but large numbers are concurrently falling into chronic poverty. This book presents the first large-sca…
Les grandes étapes de l'histoire et de la civilisation de l'Inde.
Contains 18 essays which focus on the need for capacity building at the grassroots level to enable indigenous people to participate in the economic, socio-cultural, political and environmental processes necessary for sustainable development.
How does culture shape notions of sexuality and gender? Why are transvestites in the West so often seen as deviant or perverse, while they are accepted in other societies? What are the implications for the categories of male and female when consideri ng transvestism? Transvestis…
In this work, Ben Wildavsky presents a popular account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education - and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared.
