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Author : Santosh Singh
Release : 2021-01-15
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 653/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis JP to BJP by : Santosh Singh
Download or read book JP to BJP written by Santosh Singh. This book was released on 2021-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JP to BJP throws light on Bihar politics and presents an engrossing tale of Bihar's journey from socialism to Saffron nationalism.
Author : Aditya Nigam
Release : 2021-12-30
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 364/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Decolonizing Theory by : Aditya Nigam
Download or read book Decolonizing Theory written by Aditya Nigam. This book was released on 2021-12-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decolonizing Theory: Thinking across Traditions aims at disentangling theory from its exclusively Western provenance, drawing insights and concepts from other thought traditions, connecting to what it argues is a new global moment in the reconstitution of theory. The key argument, which is the point of departure of the book, is that any serious theorizing in the non-West should be fundamentally suspicious of any theory that only gives you one result-that four-fifths of the world does not and cannot do anything right. Everything in the non-West, from its modernity and secularism to its democracy and even capitalism, is always seen to be deficient. In other words, all it tells us is that we do not live up to the standards set by Western modernity. From this point of departure, it seeks to create a conceptual space outside (Western) modernity and capitalism, by insisting on a rethink of non-synchronous synchronicities. The book takes three key themes around which the whole story of modernity can be unraveled, namely the question of the political, capital and historical time, and secularism for a detailed discussion. It does so by bracketing, in a sense, the autobiographical story that Western modernity gives itself. In each case, it tries to show that past forms never simply disappear, without residue, to be fully supplanted by the modern, and merely applying theory produced in one context to another is, therefore, very misleading.
Author : S. Gupta
Release : 2015-02-23
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 294/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Consumable Texts in Contemporary India by : S. Gupta
Download or read book Consumable Texts in Contemporary India written by S. Gupta. This book was released on 2015-02-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through what he terms "bibliographical sociology", Suman Gupta explores the presence of English-language publications in the contemporary Indian context – their productions, circulations and readerships – to understand current social trends.
Author : Jamie Woodcock
Release : 2020-01-13
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 351/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Gig Economy by : Jamie Woodcock
Download or read book The Gig Economy written by Jamie Woodcock. This book was released on 2020-01-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of a sudden, everybody’s talking about the gig economy. From taxi drivers to pizza deliverers to the unemployed, we are all aware of the huge changes that it is driving in our lives as workers, consumers and citizens. This is the first comprehensive overview of this highly topical subject. Drawing upon years of research, stories from gig workers, and a review of the key trends and debates, Jamie Woodcock and Mark Graham shed light on how the gig economy came to be, how it works and what it’s like to work in it. They show that, although it has facilitated innovative new services and created jobs for millions, it is not without cost. It allows businesses and governments to generate value while passing significant risk and responsibility onto the workers that make it possible. This is not, however, an argument for turning back the clock. Instead, the authors outline four strategies that can produce a fairer platform economy that works for everyone. Woodcock and Graham’s critical introduction will be essential reading for students, scholars and general readers interested in the massive shifts that characterize our modern digital economy.
Author : S. Irudaya Rajan
Release : 2020-11-26
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 183/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis India Migration Report 2020 by : S. Irudaya Rajan
Download or read book India Migration Report 2020 written by S. Irudaya Rajan. This book was released on 2020-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India Migration Report 2020 examines how migration surveys operate to collect, analyse and bring to life socio-economic issues in social science research. With a focus on the strategies and the importance of information collected by Kerala Migration Surveys since 1998, the volume: Explores the effect of male migration on women left behind; attitudes of male migrants within households; the role of transnational migration and it effect on attitudes towards women; Investigates consumption of remittances and their utilization; asset accumulation and changing economic statuses of households; financial inclusion of migrants and migration strategies during times of crises like the Kerala floods of 2018; Highlights the twenty-year experience of the Kerala Migration Surveys, how its model has been adapted in various states and led to the proposed large-scale India Migration Survey; and Explores issues of migration politics and governance, as well as return migration strategies of other countries to provide a roadmap for India. The volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of development studies, economics, demography, sociology and social anthropology, and migration and diaspora studies.
