The Development Dilemma: Displacement in India (Institute of Social Studies)

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. Development, displacement, resettlement and rehabilitation processes related to three major reservoir bases' irrigation and power projects, and three major industrial projects are studied. The role of the State, international agencies and the private industrial sector in promoting development and managing rehabilitation of the displaced people is assessed, and the author proposes a framework for a comprehensive policy on development, displacement and rehabilitation. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Development’s Painful Social Costs....Pages 1-31 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 Development, Displacement and Resettlement in India: An Overview....Pages 35-56 Assessing the Impact of Displacement: Methodological Issues....Pages 57-80 Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy in Practice....Pages 81-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-106 Displacement Due to the Durgapur Steel Plant....Pages 107-117 Displacement Due to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port....Pages 118-131 Displacement Due to the Bolani Iron Ore Mines....Pages 132-150 Displacement Due to the Maharashtra II Irrigation Project....Pages 151-166 Displacement Due to the Upper Krishna Irrigation Project....Pages 167-178 Displacement Due to the Sardar Sarovar Project....Pages 179-207 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 The Consequences of Displacement for Women....Pages 211-228 The Narmada Movement: People’s Protests and the Potential for National Policy....Pages 229-254 Conclusions....Pages 255-266 Back Matter....Pages 267-299 "This book analyses the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia from the beginning of the twentieth century up to the New Order State of President Suharto. The focus is on the communist women's organization Gerwani, which was by 1965 the largest communist women's organization in the non-communist world. Gerwani members combined feminist demands, such as reform of the marriage law, with an insistence upon a political role for women. The organization was destroyed in a campaign of sexual slander orchestrated by the military under General Suharto."--Jacket This book analyzes the interaction between nationalism, feminism and socialism in Indonesia since the beginning of the twentieth century until the New Order State of President Suharto. The focus is on the communist women's organization Gerwani, which was by 1965 the largest communist women's organization in the non-communist world. Using as its basis the experiences of six major development projects attempted in India since independence, this book assesses the role of state, international agencies and the private industrial sector in promoting development and managing the rehabilitation of displaced people.