Conflict and collective action : the Sardar Sarovar Project in India

Dwivedi, Ranjit.

Conflict and collective action : the Sardar Sarovar Project in India - New Delhi : Routledge, 2006. - xxxvi, 401 p. ;

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Foreword Amita Baviskar. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Development-induced conflicts: Concept and Analysis 2. Development, Crisis and Conflict: The Indian Experience Design 3. The Sardar Sarovar Project and State Conflict: Development on the Narmada Appraisal 4. The Gainers and Losers: A Cost-benefit Analysis of the SSP Construction 5. Collective Action and the Development Discourse: Against the SSP, Against Development Evaluation 6. The Narmada Movement and the Significance of Risk Politics Reviews 7. Independent Juries and Reviews: Views from Above Impact 8. Displacement and Resettlement: The View from Below Reform 9.Conflict as Change-agent: Reform in the SSP 10. Development, Crisis and Change: In Conclusion. References. Index

Presents an account of the Sardar Sarovar Project in India and the world-wide campaign against it led by the Narmada Bachao Andolan. This book deals with three main research concerns: the theoretical focus on actually existing development; a methodological query concerning critical analysis; and the substantive examination of the NBA.

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