Development Dilemma - Displacement in India

Zusammenfassung The social! economic and political contexts in which development projects in India are implemented! and consequences to people displaced by such projects! are analyzed in this book.

List of contents

List of tables Abbreviations Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction: Development's Painful Social Costs; M.M.Cernea Development, Displacement and Resettlement in India Assessing the Impact of Displacement Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy in Practice Displacement Due to the Durgapur Steel Plant Displacement Due to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Displacement Due to the Bolani Iron Ore Mines Displacement Due to the Maharashtra II Irrigation Project Displacement Due to the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project Displacement Due to the Sardar Sarovar Project The Consequences of Displacement for Women The Narmada Movement Conclusions Notes References Index

Report

...a stimulating piece of action research... written with a clear and accessible style... Journal of Asian Studies

Product details

• Authors: S Parasuraman, S. Parasuraman
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.1999
• EAN: 9780333753774
• ISBN: 978-0-333-75377-4
• No. of pages: 321
• Series: Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; Institute of Social Studies, The Hague
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science