Contested Transformations: Changing Economies and Identities in Contemporary India

Contributed Articles Presented At A Seminar Moderated By School Of Social Sciences, J.n.u., New Delhi In April 2003. The Meaning Of Contemporary Globalization / Prabhat Patnaik -- From Reluctant To Robust Federalism: The Development Of India's Political Institutions / Balveer Arora -- Unleashing The Market: Global Capitalism, Deflation And Agrarian Crisis In Developing Countries / Utsa Patnaik -- Prospects For Rural Employment In Contemporary India: A Note / V.k. Ramachandran And Madhura Swaminathan -- An Emergent New Reality?: Some Reflections From Schools / A.r. Vasavi -- Are Indian Cities Becoming Bourgeois At Last? / Partha Chatterjee -- 'social Municipalism' And The New Metropolis / Janaki Nair -- The Politics Of Urban Space In Mumbai: 'citizens' Versus The Urban Poor / Sharit K. Bhowmik -- Globalization, Inequality And The Mobility Of Populations In India / Amitabh Kundo -- Worker Mobility And Poverty In India: Trends In The 1990s / Ravi Srivastava -- Into The Persian Gulf To Return: Remittance, Consumption And Development / S. Raju And S.k. Sasikumar -- Mapping The 'middle': Issues In The Analysis Of The 'non-poor' Classes In India / Satish Deshpande -- Contours Of Conflict And Coalition: Rise Of The Intermediate Classes And Castes / Jeemol Unni -- Hindurva And The Re-formation Of The Indian Middle-class Subject / Pradip Kumar Datta -- Culture, Politics And Identity: The Case Of The Tribes In India / Virginius Xaxa -- Caste And Labour: Aspects Related To Discrimination And Deprivation / Sukhadeo Thorat -- Rhetoric And Substance Of Empowerment: Women, Development And The State / Uma Chakravarti. Edited By Mary E. John, Praveen Kumar Jha, Surinder S. Jodhka. Includes Bibliographical References.