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Organizing Resistance and Imagining Alternatives in India
This volume examines the political economy of neoliberalism in India and offers cases of resistance and alternative organizing. It departs from existing conversations that focus on the state's policies and decisions, and focuses on the violence unleashed by corporate forces. It should be of interest to anyone curious about the collapse of crucial infrastructures such as healthcare and the news media, or the rhetoric of corporate social responsibility, and why there are people's movements and organizations rising from different geographies. While offering in-depth case studies of oraganisations within India, such as The Wire, The People's Archive of Rural India, Kudumbashree, and Left Word Books, it also informs conversations across the world on alternative forms of organizing. These accounts have two imperatives: first, to train our attention on corporations and where capitalism produces its vast waste lands. Second, to imagine the possibilities of another world. The contributors to this volume write to resist the status quo, explore alternative ways of organizing, re-imagine social relations, and rekindle hope.
Developing Theatre in the Global South
Drawing on new research from the ERC project ‘Developing Theatre’, this collection presents innovative institutional approaches to the theatre historiography of the Global South since 1945. Covering perspectives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America as well as Eastern Europe, the chapters explore how US philanthropy, international organisations and pan-African festivals all contributed to the globalisation and institutionalisation of the performing arts in the Global South. During the Cultural Cold War, the Global North intervened in and promoted forms of cultural infrastructure that were deemed adaptable to any environment. This form of technopolitics impacted the constru...
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The Market that Failed
The Explicit Adoption Of A Neoliberal Reform Programme In Mid-1991 By The Indian Government Was The Start Of A Period Of Intensive Economic Liberalization And Changed Attitudes Towards Government Intervention In The Economy. This Book Surveys The Actual Experience Of The Last Decade To Argue That This Strategy Has Not Just Failed To Deliver Sustained Growth, But Has Had Damaging Consequences From The Point Of View Of Employment, Poverty Alleviation And Equity. It Covers A Wide Range Of Areas, Including Fiscal And Monetary Policy, Privatization And The Experience With Foreign Direct Investment, And Analyses The Political Economy Of The Reform Process.
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The Great Divergence
The volume consists of historical surveys of North-South cross-border economic flows and their impact on the Third World. Each chapter discusses international trade, investment, finance, and labor from the late nineteenth century to the present.
