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The Global Digital Divides

Explaining Change

By: James B. Pick,Avijit Sarkar

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The Global Digital Divides

Explaining Change

By: James B. Pick,Avijit Sarkar

This book analyzes extensive data on the world’s rapidly changing and growing access to, use and geographies of information and communications technologies. It studies not only the spatial differences in technology usage worldwide, but also examines digital differences in the major world nations of China, India, the United States and Japan at the state and provincial levels. At the global level, factors such as education, innovation, judicial independence and investment are important to explaining differences in the adoption and use of technology. The country studies corroborate consistent determinants for technology usage for education, urban location, economic prosperity, and infrastructure, but also reveal unique determinants, such as social capital in the United States and India, exports in China and working age population and patents in Japan. Spatial patterns are revealed that indicate clusters of high and low technology use for various nations around the world, the countries of Africa and for individual states/provinces within nations. Based on theory, novel findings and phenomena that have remained largely unreported, the book considers the future of the worldwide digital divides, the policy role of governments and the challenges of leadership.

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407

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Springer

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3662466023

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9783662466025

Indian Modernity

Contradictions, Paradoxes and Possibilities

By: Avijit Pathak

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Indian Modernity

Contradictions, Paradoxes and Possibilities

By: Avijit Pathak

Indian Modernity (first published in 1998) acquires a new meaning today. While it critiques a techno-militaristic model of modernization, it visualizes alternative possibilities to give a distinctively new definition to our modernity. It engages the reader in dreaming of a new path to modernity beyond its present contradictions and paradoxes with its lyrical style, philosophic insights, sensitivity to deep religiosity, life-affirming femininity and, most of all, sociological imagination. This book continues to hold relevance for social science students and researchers, teachers, and visionaries, despite the passage of time. This title is co-published with Aakar Books. Print editions not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

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208

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Taylor & Francis

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1003830838

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9781003830832

Modernity, Globalization and Identity

Towards a Reflexive Quest

By: Avijit Pathak

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Modernity, Globalization and Identity

Towards a Reflexive Quest

By: Avijit Pathak

Enough Has Already Been Said And Written About Modernity, Globalization And Identity. What, However, Distinguishes The Book Is Its Reflexivity_The Politico-Ethical Questions It Raises, And The Way It Makes Us Confront Our Own Ambiguities And Life-Experiences. It Uses Contemporary Sociological Litertature, Negotiates With Diverse Sources Of Creative Imagination, And Remains Immensely Sensitive To The Specificity Of Our Own Social Reality: The Trajectory Of Indian Modernity, The Dynamics Of Cultural Memory And Globalization, And The Dialectic Of Identity Politics. With Its Argumentative Style It Pleads For A Humane/Reflexive Modernity, Narrates The Possibility Of A Profound Art Of Resistance Against Asymmetrical Globalization, And Strives For A More Open And Dialogic Society That Inspires One To Overcome Segmented Identities. Here Is A Book That Needs To Be Read By Sociologists, Social Activists And All Those Who Celebrate Criticality And Reflexivity.

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184

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Aakar Books

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8187879610

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9788187879619

Bandicoots in the Moonlight

By: Avijit Ghosh

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Bandicoots in the Moonlight

By: Avijit Ghosh

&Lsquo;I Grew Up In A Place Where Every Student Appearing For The School Finals Was Accompanied By Four Experts Who Wrote The Answers Outside Before They Were Smuggled In. Where Buying A Train Ticket Was Uber Uncool Because Only Cowards Paid To Travel. Where Dating A Woman Was Unheard Of But Mating Was Commonplace, And Where The Loss Of Male Virginity Often Had Something To Do With Goats . . .&Rsquo; Teenage Boy Anirban Roy Grows Up&Mdash;Not A Lot Wiser&Mdash;In A Small Town In &Rsquo;70S Bihar Where His Policeman Father Is Posted To Pick Up Intelligence On The Looming Naxalite Menace. Ganesh Nagar Possesses Neither Village Simplicity Nor Urban Slick But Observes A Line Of Ethics That Defies Codification. It Takes Time For Anirban To Learn To Juggle Adolescent Angst And Ping-Pong Hormones, Loyal Friends And Part-Time Criminals, A Bewildering Succession Of Topsy-Turvy Lessons In Life And Lust, Yet Manage To Keep The Balls In The Air. There Are Close Encounters With Animals, Too: Experiments With Reptiles; The Sighting Of Bandicoots In Full Flight, Their Sleek Coats Gleaming In The Moonlight; The Hazards Involved In Stealing A Parrot Nestling; The Part Played By A Domestic Fowl In Curing Snakebite And Predicting Death; And The Unusual Role Of Donkeys In Satiating Adolescent Lust. Rites Of Passage Never Got So Down And Dirty As In Journalist Avijit Ghosh&Rsquo;S Earthy Account Of Boy-To-Manhood In Fictional Ganesh Nagar, An Introverted District That Could Exist In India Anytime, Anywhere.

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252

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Penguin Books India

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0143103792

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9780143103790

Introducing Large Rivers

By: Avijit Gupta

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Introducing Large Rivers

By: Avijit Gupta

An accessible introduction to large rivers, including coverage of the geomorphology, hydrology, ecology, and environments of large river systems This indispensible book takes a structured and global approach to the subject of large rivers, covering geomorphology, hydrology, ecology, and anthropogenic environment. It offers a thorough foundation for readers who are new to the field and presents enlightening discussions about issues of management at the worldwide scale. The book also examines possible future adaptations that may come about due to climate change. The book has benefitted from contributions by Professor W.J. Junk on the ecology of floodplains and Professor Olav Slaymaker on the large arctic rivers. Introducing Large Rivers is presented in three parts. Part 1 provides an introduction to the world’s large rivers and their basins. It covers source, transfer, and storage of their water and sediment; Pleistocene inheritance; the ecology of channels and floodplains; deltas; and more. Several large rivers are discussed in the next part. These include the Amazon Mississippi, Nile, Ganga-Brahmaputra System, Mekong, and Yangtze. The last part examines changes in large rivers and our management of river systems. It studies anthropogenic alterations such as land use and deforestation in large river basins; structural control systems like dams and reservoirs on channels; and ecological changes. It finishes with chapters on the management of large rivers, covering both technical and political aspects, and the future of the world’s big river systems. Introducing Large Rivers is ideal as an introductory textbook on large rivers for future earth and environmental scientists and river managers. It will also benefit advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying geography, geology, ecology, and river management.

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378

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118451430

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9781118451434

CINEMA BHOJPURI

By: Avijit Ghosh

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CINEMA BHOJPURI

By: Avijit Ghosh

Cruel landlords; crafty moneylenders; corrupt politicians; righteous heroes and uninhibited dancing girls—just some of the characters of a successful Bhojpuri film. Often considered kitschy and crude by ‘polite’ society; Bhojpuri cinema has had astounding success from the 1990s onwards; which can only be explained by its overwhelming popularity among the other half of new India. What is it that makes Bhojpuri cinema tick? What is the logic of its aesthetics? And most importantly; how did these regional language films become a profitable industry? Answering many of these questions and written with a deep sensitivity for the genre; Cinema Bhojpuri is the one of the first studies of the history and themes of Bhojpuri cinema—the poor cousin of Bollywood. Basing his research on extensive personal interviews and analyses of trade journals from the 1960s onwards; Avijit Ghosh’s fascinating study unveils much about Bhojpuri cinema—from the making of the first Bhojpuri film; Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo; to the terrible lows of the 1980s when Bhojpuri cinema all but died; and right down to the present when the breathlessly-paced masala entertainers of Manoj Tiwari; Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ gave life to what Hindi cinema had left behind—rural India.

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311

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Penguin UK

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8184752563

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9788184752564

Environmental Change, Livelihood Issues and Migration

Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India

By: Avijit Mistri,Bhaswati Das

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Environmental Change, Livelihood Issues and Migration

Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India

By: Avijit Mistri,Bhaswati Das

This book deals with the out-migration from the UNESCO designated Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in India. It focuses on the question whether out-migration is a consequence of environmental change or livelihood issues and development deficit. It investigates the processes of migration from a broad spectrum, exploring a wide range of economic, social, and demographic factors along with environmental stressors. The processes of migration studied and empirically illustrated include migration stream, migration pattern, reasons for migration, the nexus between migration and social network, aspiration and different human, economic and physical capital. The book adopts a modelistic approach called the Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) to investigate whether migration from Sundarban is an environmental migration or not. In addition it uses the risk perception approach of people’s cognition or ‘affective imagery’ to examine the degree of perceived environmental risk in the means of living, especially farming and fishing, of the islanders of Sundarban. The book will be of interest to researchers and academicians in the areas of migration studies, geography, political science, sociology and economics.

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182

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Springer Nature

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9811387354

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9789811387357

Ten Lectures on Education

Pedagogic and Sociological Sensibilities

By: Avijit Pathak

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Ten Lectures on Education

Pedagogic and Sociological Sensibilities

By: Avijit Pathak

This book - written with theoretical rigor, sociological sensibility and poetic beauty - reveals the intensity of classroom lectures and dialogues. In the age of ‘virtual intimacy’, the author retains the courage to celebrate the spirit of direct, face-to-face classroom interactions. As he delivers a series of lectures on education, pedagogy and cultural politics, and engages with his students at Jawaharlal Nehru University, the book begins to take its shape. It invites the readers to raise critical questions, sharpen their socio-political vision, and reflect on educational practices and pedagogic possibilities. Please note: This title is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

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Routledge

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100021611X

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9781000216110

Book's by Avijit Sarkar

The Global Digital Divides

The Global Digital Divides

Indian Modernity

Indian Modernity

Modernity, Globalization and Identity

Modernity, Globalization and Identity

Bandicoots in the Moonlight

Bandicoots in the Moonlight

Introducing Large Rivers

Introducing Large Rivers

CINEMA BHOJPURI

CINEMA BHOJPURI

Environmental Change, Livelihood Issues and Migration

Environmental Change, Livelihood Issues and Migration

Ten Lectures on Education

Ten Lectures on Education

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