Conflict and Collective Action
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Conflict and Collective Action

The Sardar Sarovar Project in India

  1. 442 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Conflict and Collective Action

The Sardar Sarovar Project in India

About this book

For over two decades, large infrastructure development projects have been the subject of major controversies the world over. This book is a comprehensive account of the well-known Sardar Sarovar Project in India and the world-wide campaign against it led by the Narmada Bachao Andolan.

The book attempts to understand the unfurling crisis around the Project in order to develop a comprehensive sociology of development action that goes beyond positivist methods and evaluative frames. It deals with three main research concerns: first, the theoretical focus on actually existing development; second, a methodological query concerning critical analysis; and third, the substantive examination of the NBA and its collective action against displacement in the Narmada Valley.

Published posthumously, the book ends with the Supreme Court judgement on the Sardar Sarovar Dam. Amita Baviskar, well-known expert in the field, brings the debate up to the present in the

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Information

Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780367459345
eBook ISBN
9781000084191
Edition
1
Subtopic
Geography

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Introduction
  12. Design
  13. Appraisal
  14. Construction
  15. Evaluation
  16. Reviews
  17. Impact
  18. Reform
  19. References
  20. Index