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This book examines the characteristics of colonialism in nineteenth-century India. It connects the East India Company¿s efforts at bourgeoisation of India with revolt of 1857. It underlines the confrontation between British India and feudal India and also shows the how the entente between British authorities and feudal regimes played a significant role in shaping the socio-political history of the nation.

This book is a comprehensive study of historical sociology and its development, especially in the Indian context. The volume studies around two centuries of sociological thought in India and demonstrates how historical sources add a different dimension to the understanding of social reality.

The family is an important site for the transmission of knowledge and cultural values. Amidst claims that young people are becoming sedentary, failing to adhere to health and physical activity messages, dropping out of sport and at risk of an ever-expanding list of lifestyle diseases, families have been targeted as crucial sites for government interventions. This book is the first to offer critical sociological perspectives on how families do and do not function as a pedagogical site for health education, sport and physical activity practices. It is essential reading for anybody with an interest in physical education, health studies, family studies, or the sociology of sport and exercise.

This handbook documents the evolution in Indian defence policy over the last six decades and the major debates that have shaped its trajectory. With contributions by well-known scholars and policy-makers, the book develops a framework to understand the changes and continuity in Indian defence policy as well as its impact on Indiäs emergence as a major global player.

This book narrates the history of how a particular understanding of Christianity rooted in the white settler culture of United States came to be transferred and established among the Nagas inhabiting the hills of northeastern India, and the impact it had on their political identity in the 20th century.

This book critically evaluates the nineteenth-century intellectual movement in Maharashtra. Rich in primary archival resources, it traces the roots of Indian rationality in indigenous intellectual traditions. The study presents a new understanding of nineteenth-century intellectuals, including Mahatma Phule and Pandita Ramabai, as well as the burgeoning national movement.

This book documents voices of the people associated with the Maoist movement in South Asiäs Red Corridor which extends from Central/South India northwards into Nepal. It delineates the different strands of contemporary Left politics and discusses related questions of security, peace and development in the region.

South Asians constitute the largest expatriate population in the Gulf countries and their contribution to its development is immense. This volume is one of the first studies on the multifaceted nature of migration from South Asian countries to the Gulf. It concentrates on migration dynamics and its impact on both the countries of origin as well as that of destination.

This book studies politics, international relations and militancy in contemporary Pakistan. It examines political processes, nature of democracy, religious fundamentalism, freedom of the press, gender and militancy, and foreign policy in Pakistan.

This volume examines the ways in which multicultural societies balance diversity and the quest for equality with common national identities. It does not restrict the discourse on secularism to the state and public policy alone, but extends it to other non-institutionalised actors while addressing issues arising from the lived experience of religious diversity in various countries.

This book presents a comprehensive evaluation of India-Myanmar relations in the historical context as well as against the backdrop of contemporary and regional politics. It provides one of the most systematic accounts of the changing dynamics within and around Myanmar.

This book covers diverse themes, including institutions and efficiency, choice and values, law and economics, development and policy, and social and economic measurement. Written in honour of the distinguished economist Satish K. Jain, this compilation of essays should appeal not only to students and researchers of economic theory but also to those interested in the design and evaluation of institutions and policy.

This book explores the developments in the Indian pharmaceutical industry in the context of economic reforms introduced in India since 1991 and the implementation of the provisions in the TRIPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization. It also contains a comprehensive analysis of pharmaceutical export and import, research and development, access to medicines as well, as the latest drug price control system in the country.

This volume studies migration and its relation to gender dynamics. It documents experiences of migrants from across India, studies different forms like irregular, marriage and domestic labour migration, and explores linkages between migration, gender and caste.

This book provides a compact, but thorough, introduction to the subject of Real Analysis. It is intended for a senior undergraduate and for a beginning graduate one-semester course.

This Companion explores the historical development of various media formats and traditions, reflecting how different media have evolved within social, regional and national contexts. The book is comprised of three thematic chapters reflecting broadly on historiography, providing historical context for discussions of the power of the media and their social importance, five separate sections focused on different media formats and a final chapter, which explores various approaches to historicizing media futures. This will be an invaluable reference tool for researchers and students of media, journalism and communication studies.

This study begins with a short survey of the history and practice of biography and then surveys the very limited biographical material for Shakespeare.

This book sheds light on why and how new humanitarian actors engage in humanitarian action and how their humanitarian activities are perceived in their (transnational) organisational environment. It provides detailed international and empirical comparisons between the `new¿ humanitarians and traditional humanitarian actors, in particular those which focus on the relative level of commitment to humanitarian principles. It thus elucidates the role of the humanitarian principles in promoting coherence and coordination in the crowded and diverse world of humanitarian actors.

This book focuses on the different aspects of handling big data in healthcare. It showcases the current state-of-the-art technology used for storing health records and health data models. It also focuses on the research challenges in big data acquisition, storage, management and analysis.

This book explores the persistence of violence in conflict zones in Africa using a political economy framework to situate violence against women and men in the context of criminal, corrupt, and violent economies. The political economy approach employs an analysis of violence on both edges of the spectrum¿a macro-economic analysis of violence against workers and a micro-political analysis of the violence in women¿s reproductive lives.

This volume explores the gendered dimensions of recent land governance transformations across the globe, shedding important light on how the intersection of these complex contemporary forces are reconfiguring livelihoods and impacting women's positions, their tenure security and their well-being. It brings together empirical community case studies from around the world that describe, historicize, and situate land (or land-based resource) governance transformation processes as a product of contemporary forces and country/regional specificities. Each contribution carefully analyzes the gendered dimensions of these transformations exploring how women are impacted by and respond to these processes of change.

This book takes an innovative approach to understanding the development of African universities. It explores what role specific locations have in the making of research and analyses how local experience is addressed in teaching and in research. The first section focuses on capacity building in the university sector. The book uses researching and teaching climate change as examples of how knowledge is negotiated and academic identities built locally. In doing so, the book draws on discussions about knowledge constructions, hybrid knowledges, and the effects of modernity. It also discusses the future role in society of African universities.