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International Surrogacy as Disruptive Industry in Southeast Asia
Andrea Whittaker traces the development of international surrogacy industry and its movement across Southeast Asia following a sequence of governmental bans in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Cambodia. The book offers a nuanced and sympathetic examination of the industry from the perspectives of the people involved in it.
Muslims in Telangana
This book analyses the state of development of Muslims at the regional level. It explains the linkages between the findings of global, national, and state-level studies with regard to the current status of Muslims and broadens understanding of Muslims and their participation in virtually all major sectors, including the economy, housing, demography, health, migration, state policy, and affirmative action. The book presents the challenges faced by the community and reflects upon the socio-economic and educational conditions of Muslims in Telangana State. It presents a comparative analysis of mortality data, maternal health, delivery care, and child immunization, as well as reproductive health...
India Migration Report 2013
This volume is an empirical assessment of an often-neglected space in migration research — social, psychological and human costs for both migrants and the families they leave behind — based on qualitative and quantitative research findings. Globally, the focus of migration research has consisted of the intersections of migration and remittances. This overemphasis on remittances obscures the contributions and sacrifices made by migrants and their families. With this backdrop in view, India Migration Report 2013 documents issues such as: • Children’s negotiation of parental migration • Coping mechanisms adopted by women left behind • Utilization of social networks by the elderly du...
Muslims of Uttar Pradesh
This book provides a comprehensive look into the development challenges and critical socio-economic issues of the Muslim communities in Uttar Pradesh—India’s most populous state and home to one of its largest Muslim populations. Well-known for its syncretic culture, benevolent kings and nawabs, Uttar Pradesh has also been a region that has historically experienced significant religious politics and communal violence. This book moves beyond these sectoral approaches and attempts to present a holistic, detailed, and contemporary perspective on the development of Muslims in the state. It traces the complex sectarian, caste-based, occupational, and regional diversities within the Muslim popu...
The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction
The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction is a comprehensive overview of the topics, approaches, and trajectories in the anthropological study of human reproduction. The book brings together work from across the discipline of anthropology, with contributions by established and emerging scholars in archaeological, biological, linguistic, and sociocultural anthropology. Across these areas of research, consideration is given to the contexts, conditions, and contingencies that mark and shape the experiences of reproduction as always gendered, classed, and racialized. Over 39 chapters, a diverse range of international scholars cover topics including: Reproductive governance, stratif...
Social Action
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Discounted Life
Winner, American Sociological Association Asia and Asian America Section Best Book on Asia/Transnational Asia Finalist, 2015 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems India is the top provider of surrogacy services in the world, with a multi-million dollar surrogacy industry that continues to grow exponentially, as increasing numbers of couples from developed nations look for wombs in which to grow their babies. Some scholars have exulted transnational surrogacy for the possibilities it opens for infertile couples, while others have offered bioethical cautionary tales, rebuked exploitative intended parents, or lamented the exploitation of surrogate mothers—but...
Demography India
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Population, Poverty and Health
Papers presented at the 29th Annual Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Population and National Conference on "Recent Statistical Technique for Data Analysis" on 26-28 October 2007 at Banaras Hindu University, organized by Dept. of Statistics, Banaras Hindu University.
