Terrains of Resistance: Nonviolent Social Movements and the Contestation of Plac

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Drawing from the field of political sociology, geography, anthropology, and peace studies, Routledge explores how peasant communities in rural India form effective resistance movements against displacement, dislocation, and cultural destruction engendered by the development process.

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Drawing from the field of political sociology, geography, anthropology, and peace studies, Routledge explores how peasant communities in rural India form effective resistance movements against displacement, dislocation, and cultural destruction engendered by the development process. He shows how the Baloapal movement--resisting a missile base--and the Chipko movement--resisting a program of deforestation--offer rich lessons in development strategies, nonviolent sanctions, and grassroots social change. The sanctions chosen by the movements are shown to be of particular importance and to have emerged from the participants' profound sense of place. Core beliefs, traditional values, and common goals are summoned to inspire beleaguered communities and are employed to resist outside domination and despoliation. Terrains of Resistance, accordingly, marks sites of conflict in specific times and places at the essential levels of belief and culture. They juxtapose the state's coercive power in support of development against the ingenuity and tenacity of grassroots movements. A highly informed, well written work showing the potential for nonviolent sanctions throughout the developing world, and the possible implications of continued grassroots mobilizations. This book will be of particular interest to students of social movements and Indian politics and to political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists.

Author Biography

PAUL ROUTLEDGE is a Research Fellow at the Program on Nonviolent Sanctions at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs. He has also taught at Syracuse University.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsDevelopment and Resistance in IndiaPutting Social Movements in their Place: Social Movement Theory and the Spatial Mediation of Nonviolent Resistance TerrainsThe Baliapal MovementThe Chipko MovementIndia's Terrains of ResistanceSocial Movements, Place, and Nonviolent SanctionsBibliographyIndex

Review

.,."a highly readable book that engages several important themes in the study of social change: state, civil society, hegemony, social movements, non-violence, and the spatial mediation of social process. The book is a brilliant exposition of the subtle and complex ways in which place imparts its specific character to social movements, of non-violent social change, and of South Asia."-Annals of the Association of American Geographers?...a highly readable book that engages several important themes in the study of social change: state, civil society, hegemony, social movements, non-violence, and the spatial mediation of social process. The book is a brilliant exposition of the subtle and complex ways in which place imparts its specific character to social movements, of non-violent social change, and of South Asia.?-Annals of the Association of American Geographers..."a highly readable book that engages several important themes in the study of social change: state, civil society, hegemony, social movements, non-violence, and the spatial mediation of social process. The book is a brilliant exposition of the subtle and complex ways in which place imparts its specific character to social movements, of non-violent social change, and of South Asia."-Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Two Indian grassroots movements resisting the government's development programs--a missile base and a deforestation project--demonstrate the place-specific nature such nonviolent movements entail.

Long Description

Drawing from the field of political sociology, geography, anthropology, and peace studies, Routledge explores how peasant communities in rural India form effective resistance movements against displacement, dislocation, and cultural destruction engendered by the development process. He shows how the Baloapal movement--resisting a missile base--and the Chipko movement--resisting a program of deforestation--offer rich lessons in development strategies, nonviolent sanctions, and grassroots social change. The sanctions chosen by the movements are shown to be of particular importance and to have emerged from the participants' profound sense of place. Core beliefs, traditional values, and common goals are summoned to inspire beleaguered communities and are employed to resist outside domination and despoliation. Terrains of Resistance, accordingly, marks sites of conflict in specific times and places at the essential levels of belief and culture. They juxtapose the state's coercive power in support of development against the ingenuity and tenacity of grassroots movements. A highly informed, well written work showing the potential for nonviolent sanctions throughout the developing world, and the possible implications of continued grassroots mobilizations. This book will be of particular interest to students of social movements and Indian politics and to political scientists, sociologists, geographers, and anthropologists.

Review Quote

"...a highly readable book that engages several important themes in the study of social change: state, civil society, hegemony, social movements, non-violence, and the spatial mediation of social process. The book is a brilliant exposition of the subtle and complex ways in which place imparts its specific character to social movements,, of non-violent social change, and of South Asia."- Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Promotional "Headline"

Two Indian grassroots movements resisting the government's development programs--a missile base and a deforestation project--demonstrate the place-specific nature such nonviolent movements entail.

Details ISBN0275945170 Author Paul Routledge Year 1993 ISBN-10 0275945170 ISBN-13 9780275945176 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1993-05-30 Subtitle Nonviolent Social Movements and the Contestation of Place in India Country of Publication United States Short Title TERRAINS OF RESISTANCE Language English Media Book Place of Publication Westport Residence Glasgow, STK Birth 1943 Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 200 Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DEWEY 322.40954 DOI 10.1604/9780275945176 UK Release Date 1993-05-30 AU Release Date 1993-05-30 NZ Release Date 1993-05-30 US Release Date 1993-05-30 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this

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