Globalization and the Politics of Identity in India

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Contents
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Introduction: Contextualizing Globalization and the Politics of Identity 1 in India
Part I: Globalization and the Nature of Identity
	Chapter 1: Globalization and Geo-Political Imperatives in South Asia
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2: Globalization and Imagined Identities: Lessons from Colonial and Nationalist Constructions of Identities in Punjab*
		Note
		References
	Chapter 3: Globalization, the Diaspora and Hindutva
		Fragmentation and Deterritorialization
		Diaspora: The Changing Connotations
		Cultural Globalization: Glocalization and Hybridity
		Transnational Hinduism and the ‘Hindu Diaspora’
		Transnational Hindutva
		Why does Hindutva Attractthe Hindu Diaspora in the West?
		Note
		References
	Chapter 4: Globalization and the Politics of Identities in India
		References
Part II: Identity and the Politics of Marginality
	Chapter 5: Religion and the Political Discourse of Identity in Kashmir
		Kashmiri Identity and the Meaning of Islam
		Construction of Political Identityamong the Kashmiri Muslims
			Assertion of Muslim Identity
		Secularization of Political Identity
		Reassertion of the Muslim Identity
		Summarizing the Arguments
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 6: Development (?) and Identity Politics in West Bengal: The Kamtapur Movement in North Bengal
		Introduction
		Introducing North Bengal
		State Policy: The Politics of Land Reforms And Decentralization in Rural Areas
		Who are the Rajbansis? Defining an Identity
		The Demand for ‘Kamtapur State’
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 7: Caste Politics and Hindu Nationalism in a Closed Society: Limits of Electoral Politics in Rajasthan
		The First Phase
		The Second Phase
		The Third Phase: Electoral Outcome in the 1990S
		Scene Before the 1999 Elections
		References
	Chapter 8: ‘Mool/Asli’ Backward Classes and the Politics of Recognition in Rajasthan
		Introduction
		Beyond Modernization: Looking for an Alternative Framework
		Politics of Recognition
		Who are the ‘Mool/Asli’ Backward Classes?3
		‘The Intellectuals of Society’
		Phase I: Sanskritization
		Phase II (1956 Onwards): Desanskritization
		Caste Organizations of the Mbcs
			Inter-MBC (Intra-Varna) Organizations
			Discrete/Single Caste Organizations
				Construction of Cultural Identity
				Sainization, or the Impact of the Ideas of Sain
				Shri Rajasthan Sain Siksha Sansthan (SRS3)16
		Invention of the Institution of the First Sainacharya
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	Chapter 9: Caste Identity and Social Conflicts in Punjab
		Caste and Democratic Politics: The Social Science Discourse
		Thinking Beyond the Politics of ‘Dominant Castes’
		Dalits in Punjab: The Background
			Case I: Jethumajra
			Case II: Talhan
			Case III: Hassanpur
		Concluding Comments
		Notes
		References
Part III: Globalization, the Economy and the Politics of Identity
	Chapter 10: Globalization and the Foreign Economic Policy of India: A Study of Foreign Direct Investment
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 11: India Shining: The Impact of Economic Reforms on Indian Elections
		What do People Feel about Economic Reforms?
		Opinion on Related Issues
		Impact of the Policy of Economic Reforms
		Who should be Blamed?
		Future of the Economic Reforms Policy
		Appendix
		Notes
		References
Part IV: Unitarist Nationalism and Identities
	Chapter 12: The Politics of Identity in Kashmir
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 13: Thinking about Democracy, Identity Politics and Development in India
		Nehru and the Evolution of Post-Colonial Democracy
		Explosion of Multiple Identities, Ideologies and Loyalties
		Muddling through Diversities: An Overview of the Political Regimes
		The Resurgence of Hindutva
		Development Processes: A Critique
		Concluding Observations
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 14: Democracy Beyond Frontiers: Indian Democracy in the Age of Globalization
		Nation Against Nation
		People-Turned-Nation
		Democratic Deficit in the Age of Globalization
		Re-Moralizing Democracy
		Women Crossing Lines
			The Ethics of Medical Practitioners
		Notes
		References
Part V: Globalization Beyond Identity Politics
	Chapter 15: Globalization and Development Strategies for the Indian Northeast
		The Northeast
		Government Finances
		The Northeast in Indian Regional Planning
		Economic Policy Framework for the Northeast
		Preparing for Globalization
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
About the Editors and Contributors
	The Editors
	The Contributors
Index