Challenging the more conventional approaches to dislocation and resettlement that are the
usual focus of discussion on the topic, this book offers a unique theory of dislocation in the …

This paper examines nationalism as the 'modern idea of a collective'or the 'ideal of a modern
collective'that struts out universally and that ceaselessly tightens its footwear in the face of …

This chapter shows how late Karl Marx revised the concept of primitive accumulation and
challenged the idea of historical inevitability. In the case of England, Marx emphasized the …

Using a class focused Marxist approach, we elucidate the adopted position of Indian small-
scale sector as a devalued other within the adopted development paradigm that accords …

Marxism and poverty have always lived a contradictory existence, especially in the global
South. While socialism/communism's ethical imperative aspires to create a nonexploitative …

This paper rediscovers Rabindranath Tagore as delivering an innovative understanding of
economy and a critique of the mainstream ideas of development and capitalism …

This paper disinters the report of the National Commission on Labour to reveal the
ideological basis of the changes sought in the labour laws. Changes suggested in the …

Using class-focused Marxist theory we examine the received category of the informal sector
in order to demonstrate two results. First, we explicate the process of 'making'the informal …

This paper looks at the state of higher education in India–in terms of policies and the
trajectory that it has taken in the aftermath of neoliberalisation of the economy. Through …

We know that there have been two paths of development, paths that are not always
considered complementary to one another. The first and still the dominant path would …