Conflict and Collective Action - 9780367176013

Taylor & Francis

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. > 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, Agains.