1st Edition

Conflict and Collective Action The Sardar Sarovar Project in India

By Ranjit Dwivedi Copyright 2006
    442 Pages
    by Routledge India

    442 Pages
    by Routledge India

    For over two decades, large infrastructure development projects have been the subject of major controversies the world over. This book is a comprehensive account of the well-known Sardar Sarovar Project in India and the world-wide campaign against it led by the Narmada Bachao Andolan.The book attempts to understand the unfurling crisis around the P

    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