Books in the Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series series

Offers a cultural and social analysis of contemporary Bollywood films by exploring the ideas of nation, race, religion, gender and sexuality, cinema and public spaces, diaspora and globalization.

Confronts the distinction between women's increasing wealth as a consequence of the success of microcredit programmes and their apparent non-commensurate empowerment, looking at two organisations as they operate in two localities in rural Bangladesh, in order to discover how enrichment and empowerment are often confused.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted global attention. Presenting the first analysis of CSR in India, this book shows the unique roots of the concept in India: Gandhi's philosophical moorings that inform India's approach to CSR, and the role of civil society in setting an agenda championing the rights of the stakeholders.

Synthesizing political, anthropological and psychological perspectives, this book addresses the everyday causes and appeal of long-term involvement in extreme political violence in urban Pakistan.

In 1971, a war in Pakistan resulted in the division of the country and the creation of Bangladesh. This book examines how literature by those who remained Pakistanis acts as a cultural response to the threat the war posed to a nationalist identity, exploring issues of the domestic sphere and the family, and the territorial limits of citizenship.

Examines the challenges confronting trade unions in the global South, focusing on trade union struggles in Sri Lanka under neo-liberal globalisation. This book centres on movement politics of unions; explains union capacities to mobilise workers as a part of broad counter movement; and, specifies worker struggles in Sri Lanka.

Examining spatial transformations in Bangalore, one of India's fastest growing cities, this book highlights the influence of information and communications technology (ICT) development on the city.

Examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000's, this book discusses the challenges faced by small, local NGOs in the uncertain times of changing aid dynamics. It focuses on what empowerment means for Indian women, and how NGO accountability to these groups is an important part of the empowerment.

Argues that ethnic politics have the potential to strengthen rather than destabilize democracy. This book studies one of Nepal's most significant social movements and examines the role it has played in the process of democratization in Nepal. It demonstrates that ethnic parties are not antithetical to democracy.

Focuses on primary education in India and interrogates what schooling means and does to children from weaker sections of Indian society and which values underpin the school system. This book presents the multiple ways in which social class impinges on the educational system, educational processes and educational outcomes.

Challenging dominant social theories of caste, this book shows how the terrain of culture captured by a new grammar of caste revitalizes castes as cultural communities and casteism as cultural preference.

An analysis of nationbuilding processes, and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war crimes, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. Using a historical approach, it focuses on the Indian subcontinent to address the issue.

Against the background of the duality in development, this book focuses on structural deficiencies for a steady growth rate, and how to make growth inclusive. It analyses the Indian economy and other developing countries in the twenty-first century.

Through historical analysis, this book assesses the ideological articulation of the contemporary ultra-left movement in India, including Maoism which is expanding gradually in India. It argues that Maoism provides critical inputs for an alternative paradigm for development, relevant for transitional societies.

Exploring the significance, and convergence, of economic liberalisation, urban redevelopment and the media explosion in India, this book demonstrates an approach towards the cultural and political economy of leisure in a complex and changing society.

Offers historically-based analysis of the origin, evolution and potential resolution of the civil conflict in Sri Lanka over the struggle to establish a separate state in its Northern and Eastern provinces. This book presents a conceptual framework useful for comparative global conflict analysis and resolution.

Presents a historical account of plantations in India in the context of the modern world economy. This book shows how history can assist in explaining contemporary conditions and trends. It focuses on labour and economic development problems and interprets the dynamics of plantation capitalism.

Offers an exploration of Indian political economy using a constructivist approach. This book reconstructs how Indian policymakers have interpreted economic priorities, perceived success and failure, and evaluated the destiny of their nation. It is suitable for those working on International Political Economy, Globalization, and Economic History.