Helmut Anheier
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780199266722
- eISBN:
- 9780191601941
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199266727.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
Drawing upon a variety of analyses, this chapter constructs a taxonomy of competing approaches to inequality, social cohesion, and citizenship and proceeds to locate the Third Way as a hybrid ...
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Drawing upon a variety of analyses, this chapter constructs a taxonomy of competing approaches to inequality, social cohesion, and citizenship and proceeds to locate the Third Way as a hybrid approach. While the Third Way strongly embraces elements of market liberalism, it also exhibits a mixture of social democratic, communitarian, and moral authoritarian features. The Third Way approach to policies for social inclusion is traced through a discussion of the European Union’s Social Inclusion Strategy, the development of ‘workfare’ type policies, and in the specific context of new labour policies in Britain. The ambiguous consequences of such policies are examined in relation to measures of inequality, poverty, and social exclusion. The chapter concludes that the Third Way maybe more than a pragmatic compromize, but whether it maybe capable of ameliorating the dislocating social effects of a market driven economic agenda remains uncertain.Less
Drawing upon a variety of analyses, this chapter constructs a taxonomy of competing approaches to inequality, social cohesion, and citizenship and proceeds to locate the Third Way as a hybrid approach. While the Third Way strongly embraces elements of market liberalism, it also exhibits a mixture of social democratic, communitarian, and moral authoritarian features. The Third Way approach to policies for social inclusion is traced through a discussion of the European Union’s Social Inclusion Strategy, the development of ‘workfare’ type policies, and in the specific context of new labour policies in Britain. The ambiguous consequences of such policies are examined in relation to measures of inequality, poverty, and social exclusion. The chapter concludes that the Third Way maybe more than a pragmatic compromize, but whether it maybe capable of ameliorating the dislocating social effects of a market driven economic agenda remains uncertain.
Ben Brubaker, Daniel Bump, and Solomon Friedberg
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691150659
- eISBN:
- 9781400838998
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691150659.003.0014
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Combinatorics / Graph Theory / Discrete Mathematics
This chapter introduces the theorem that says Statement E implies Statement D, first by fixing a nodal signature η and presenting a “cut and paste” virtual resotope. It then presents the proof, ...
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This chapter introduces the theorem that says Statement E implies Statement D, first by fixing a nodal signature η and presenting a “cut and paste” virtual resotope. It then presents the proof, whereby α ∈, CPsubscript Greek small letter eta(c₀, · · ·,csubscript d) and let σ = θ(α,η). The chapter proceeds by extending the function GΓ from the set of decorated Γ-accordions to the free abelian group by linearity. Also the involution on decorated accordions induces an isomorphism. The relevant equation is obtained using the principle of inclusion-exclusion.Less
This chapter introduces the theorem that says Statement E implies Statement D, first by fixing a nodal signature η and presenting a “cut and paste” virtual resotope. It then presents the proof, whereby α ∈, CPsubscript Greek small letter eta(c₀, · · ·,csubscript d) and let σ = θ(α,η). The chapter proceeds by extending the function GΓ from the set of decorated Γ-accordions to the free abelian group by linearity. Also the involution on decorated accordions induces an isomorphism. The relevant equation is obtained using the principle of inclusion-exclusion.
Sally Witcher
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447300038
- eISBN:
- 9781447307730
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300038.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility
Difficulties in pinpointing the meaning of social exclusion are particularly acute. Its relationship to poverty and inequality is explored to try to establish its distinctive features. Discourses of ...
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Difficulties in pinpointing the meaning of social exclusion are particularly acute. Its relationship to poverty and inequality is explored to try to establish its distinctive features. Discourses of social exclusion (Silver 1994, Levitas 2005) draw on different strands of social theory, while Byrne attributes their origins to different responses to Capitalism. Others root their approaches in conceptualisations of society, its structures and operations. This includes systems and social integration (Lockwood 1992), the interaction between spheres (economic, political, social, etc) and systems, the nature of social relationships and relationship networks as the ties that bind society together. These may converge on institutions or events. The limits to inclusion and cohesion are then explored, noting that inclusion and ways of achieving cohesion may not always be desirable. The chapter concludes with discussion of inequalities – of resources, power and voice – as the cause of weakening the social fabric, to the point of ‘catastrophic rupture’, and the importance of access to relationship networks. It brings as back to the nature of distributive processes and the importance of accurate recognition if social justice is to be achieved.Less
Difficulties in pinpointing the meaning of social exclusion are particularly acute. Its relationship to poverty and inequality is explored to try to establish its distinctive features. Discourses of social exclusion (Silver 1994, Levitas 2005) draw on different strands of social theory, while Byrne attributes their origins to different responses to Capitalism. Others root their approaches in conceptualisations of society, its structures and operations. This includes systems and social integration (Lockwood 1992), the interaction between spheres (economic, political, social, etc) and systems, the nature of social relationships and relationship networks as the ties that bind society together. These may converge on institutions or events. The limits to inclusion and cohesion are then explored, noting that inclusion and ways of achieving cohesion may not always be desirable. The chapter concludes with discussion of inequalities – of resources, power and voice – as the cause of weakening the social fabric, to the point of ‘catastrophic rupture’, and the importance of access to relationship networks. It brings as back to the nature of distributive processes and the importance of accurate recognition if social justice is to be achieved.
Amir Paz-Fuchs
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199237418
- eISBN:
- 9780191717192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199237418.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Employment Law
This introductory chapter sets out the structure of the book and provides summaries for each of the following chapters.
This introductory chapter sets out the structure of the book and provides summaries for each of the following chapters.
Amir Paz-Fuchs
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199237418
- eISBN:
- 9780191717192
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199237418.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Employment Law
A vast terrain lies between basic, unconditional income policy and some of the conditions incorporated in modern welfare-to-work programmes. The purpose of this book is to assess the fairness of ...
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A vast terrain lies between basic, unconditional income policy and some of the conditions incorporated in modern welfare-to-work programmes. The purpose of this book is to assess the fairness of these conditions in light of background justifications, and to question whether the results of a policy that advances such conditions will be equitable. The book concludes by showing that rather than undermining social inclusion and labour market integration, strengthening welfare rights and relaxing preconditions on entitlement would serve the very objectives that welfare-to-work programmes are supposed to advance.Less
A vast terrain lies between basic, unconditional income policy and some of the conditions incorporated in modern welfare-to-work programmes. The purpose of this book is to assess the fairness of these conditions in light of background justifications, and to question whether the results of a policy that advances such conditions will be equitable. The book concludes by showing that rather than undermining social inclusion and labour market integration, strengthening welfare rights and relaxing preconditions on entitlement would serve the very objectives that welfare-to-work programmes are supposed to advance.
Albert Berry
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- April 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199671656
- eISBN:
- 9780191751127
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199671656.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
How do income growth, socio-economic equality, and inclusion interact to determine levels of satisfaction? This chapter makes three main points. First, economic growth by itself is not a secure route ...
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How do income growth, socio-economic equality, and inclusion interact to determine levels of satisfaction? This chapter makes three main points. First, economic growth by itself is not a secure route to human happiness. Though growth that occurs within conducive societal structures no doubt brings important benefits, the generality of this outcome cannot be assumed, given the centrality of relative income and status to people's satisfaction levels. Second, though equality and inclusiveness are obvious potential contributors to happiness, inclusiveness can sometimes take socially damaging forms, highlighting the need to draw on the nuances of the psychology literature in integrating the concept meaningfully into social science thinking about the economy and welfare. Third, given that preference formation is endogenous to society, the challenge of increasing human satisfaction inevitably raises the question of how deliberate an effort should be made by “society” to tilt preference systems toward ones which make satisfaction easier to experience.Less
How do income growth, socio-economic equality, and inclusion interact to determine levels of satisfaction? This chapter makes three main points. First, economic growth by itself is not a secure route to human happiness. Though growth that occurs within conducive societal structures no doubt brings important benefits, the generality of this outcome cannot be assumed, given the centrality of relative income and status to people's satisfaction levels. Second, though equality and inclusiveness are obvious potential contributors to happiness, inclusiveness can sometimes take socially damaging forms, highlighting the need to draw on the nuances of the psychology literature in integrating the concept meaningfully into social science thinking about the economy and welfare. Third, given that preference formation is endogenous to society, the challenge of increasing human satisfaction inevitably raises the question of how deliberate an effort should be made by “society” to tilt preference systems toward ones which make satisfaction easier to experience.
Naomi Head
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780719083075
- eISBN:
- 9781781706091
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719083075.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter sees the application of the communicative imperatives to the decision-making process surrounding the use of force in Kosovo. The analysis focuses primarily on deliberations within the ...
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This chapter sees the application of the communicative imperatives to the decision-making process surrounding the use of force in Kosovo. The analysis focuses primarily on deliberations within the Security Council, at the Holbrooke negotiations in 1998, and at the Rambouillet Conference in 1999 and offers an evaluation of the communicative practices adopted to justify the use of force. The interpretive power of the communicative imperatives unsettles conventional interpretations of the military intervention in 1999 through its contestation of the degree to which the communicative practices surrounding the decision to intervene were legitimate. Crucially, the communicative ethics framework challenges the enabling justification of last resort and highlights key moments of illegitimate dialogue which paved the way for the use of force.Less
This chapter sees the application of the communicative imperatives to the decision-making process surrounding the use of force in Kosovo. The analysis focuses primarily on deliberations within the Security Council, at the Holbrooke negotiations in 1998, and at the Rambouillet Conference in 1999 and offers an evaluation of the communicative practices adopted to justify the use of force. The interpretive power of the communicative imperatives unsettles conventional interpretations of the military intervention in 1999 through its contestation of the degree to which the communicative practices surrounding the decision to intervene were legitimate. Crucially, the communicative ethics framework challenges the enabling justification of last resort and highlights key moments of illegitimate dialogue which paved the way for the use of force.
Naomi Head
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780719083075
- eISBN:
- 9781781706091
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719083075.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
The chapter challenges the essentialist ethnic assumptions which underpin some interpretations of the conflict, instead, exploring the political and social construction of ethnic tension in Kosovo. ...
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The chapter challenges the essentialist ethnic assumptions which underpin some interpretations of the conflict, instead, exploring the political and social construction of ethnic tension in Kosovo. Following on from this, the chapter identifies a number of key processes and actors which contributed to the marginalisation of Kosovo between 1989-99 and thus to the development of violent conflict. This historical and contextual account highlights missed opportunities for dialogue or non-violent engagement prior to 1999 and picks up the theme of inclusion/exclusion. Set against the conventional narrative of events within the Security Council, the justification of last resort drawn on in 1998-99 to permit the shift to the use of force by NATO is problematised.Less
The chapter challenges the essentialist ethnic assumptions which underpin some interpretations of the conflict, instead, exploring the political and social construction of ethnic tension in Kosovo. Following on from this, the chapter identifies a number of key processes and actors which contributed to the marginalisation of Kosovo between 1989-99 and thus to the development of violent conflict. This historical and contextual account highlights missed opportunities for dialogue or non-violent engagement prior to 1999 and picks up the theme of inclusion/exclusion. Set against the conventional narrative of events within the Security Council, the justification of last resort drawn on in 1998-99 to permit the shift to the use of force by NATO is problematised.
Matej Blazek
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781447322740
- eISBN:
- 9781447322764
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447322740.003.0010
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter explores the role of friendship in the formation of children’s agency through the views of friendship as a performative device, a medium of both social affirmation and segregation and as ...
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This chapter explores the role of friendship in the formation of children’s agency through the views of friendship as a performative device, a medium of both social affirmation and segregation and as a social domain reproducing and contingent upon other social factors. First, it expands on the debate about the meanings of friendship for children from Kopčany in order to show the impact of these notions on their practices. Second, the discussion looks at how peer relationships amongst the children are constituted, what types of inclusive or exclusionary formations they cause, and what performances emerge from these processes. Finally, the chapter explores the mutual links between the constitution of friendship, children’s everyday practices, and place.Less
This chapter explores the role of friendship in the formation of children’s agency through the views of friendship as a performative device, a medium of both social affirmation and segregation and as a social domain reproducing and contingent upon other social factors. First, it expands on the debate about the meanings of friendship for children from Kopčany in order to show the impact of these notions on their practices. Second, the discussion looks at how peer relationships amongst the children are constituted, what types of inclusive or exclusionary formations they cause, and what performances emerge from these processes. Finally, the chapter explores the mutual links between the constitution of friendship, children’s everyday practices, and place.
Christopher P. Hanscom and Dennis Washburn (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824852801
- eISBN:
- 9780824868666
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824852801.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Asian Studies
This collection of essays examines the production of racial difference and its affects in East Asia under Japanese empire and the postwar geo-political order. The contributors turn to materials that ...
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This collection of essays examines the production of racial difference and its affects in East Asia under Japanese empire and the postwar geo-political order. The contributors turn to materials that demonstrate how race becomes visible or audible in the processes of inclusion and exclusion. From travelogues and records of speech to photographs, radio, plastic surgery, tattoos, postcards, fiction, the popular press, film and soundtracks, these explorations of diverse media demonstrate the links between the apprehension of racial difference, the formation of social and political hierarchies, and the experience of everyday culture under an expanding bio-political realm of imperial sovereignty. By demonstrating the ways in which the politics of inclusion and exclusion worked through explicitly racialized modes of representation, this collection sheds light on affective strategies common to the creation and maintenance of subjectivity across imperial formations. It also resituates theoretical and historical discussions of race and empire within an East Asian context, complicating the history of this region in provocative ways.Less
This collection of essays examines the production of racial difference and its affects in East Asia under Japanese empire and the postwar geo-political order. The contributors turn to materials that demonstrate how race becomes visible or audible in the processes of inclusion and exclusion. From travelogues and records of speech to photographs, radio, plastic surgery, tattoos, postcards, fiction, the popular press, film and soundtracks, these explorations of diverse media demonstrate the links between the apprehension of racial difference, the formation of social and political hierarchies, and the experience of everyday culture under an expanding bio-political realm of imperial sovereignty. By demonstrating the ways in which the politics of inclusion and exclusion worked through explicitly racialized modes of representation, this collection sheds light on affective strategies common to the creation and maintenance of subjectivity across imperial formations. It also resituates theoretical and historical discussions of race and empire within an East Asian context, complicating the history of this region in provocative ways.
Eleanor Jupp
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847428462
- eISBN:
- 9781447307259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428462.003.0013
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter takes a qualitative approach to a Sure Start Children's Centre as a space framed by a particular set of policy imperatives. It is argued that the targets of policy are not simply ...
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This chapter takes a qualitative approach to a Sure Start Children's Centre as a space framed by a particular set of policy imperatives. It is argued that the targets of policy are not simply translated into the space and that interactions between staff and users are somewhat ‘uneasy’ and ambivalent because of this. It is also argued that friendships between groups of parents play an important role in mediating access to the centre as part of wider ‘caringscapes’ of parenting.Less
This chapter takes a qualitative approach to a Sure Start Children's Centre as a space framed by a particular set of policy imperatives. It is argued that the targets of policy are not simply translated into the space and that interactions between staff and users are somewhat ‘uneasy’ and ambivalent because of this. It is also argued that friendships between groups of parents play an important role in mediating access to the centre as part of wider ‘caringscapes’ of parenting.
IAN ANDERSON
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199656592
- eISBN:
- 9780191748059
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656592.003.0014
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Combinatorics / Graph Theory / Discrete Mathematics, History of Mathematics
This chapter outlines the historical development of the study of combinatorial problems concerning finite sets, beginning with the inclusion–exclusion principle of de Moivre in the early 18th ...
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This chapter outlines the historical development of the study of combinatorial problems concerning finite sets, beginning with the inclusion–exclusion principle of de Moivre in the early 18th century, and finishing with the 20th-century development of a unified body of theory relating to the intersections, unions, and orderings of collections of finite sets.Less
This chapter outlines the historical development of the study of combinatorial problems concerning finite sets, beginning with the inclusion–exclusion principle of de Moivre in the early 18th century, and finishing with the 20th-century development of a unified body of theory relating to the intersections, unions, and orderings of collections of finite sets.
Georgina Drew and Roshan P. Rai
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- July 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780199483556
- eISBN:
- 9780199097692
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199483556.003.0011
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change, Science, Technology and Environment
Darjeeling residents face regular water stress despite a high annual amount of rainfall and an abundance of nearby springs and lakes. This chapter examines how the struggle for water manifests in the ...
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Darjeeling residents face regular water stress despite a high annual amount of rainfall and an abundance of nearby springs and lakes. This chapter examines how the struggle for water manifests in the everyday lives of Darjeeling residents who come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and live in a range of geographical locations within the burgeoning tourist town. The text explains who is connected to municipal waters, who is not connected to them, and how a physical disconnection to municipal water supplies fosters abjection along with social affinities that can lead to productive adaptations. Emphasis is placed on how support systems, such as social collectives known as samaj, have begun to address the structural inadequacies of the municipal water supply system. These decentralized efforts are promising, but they also speak to the wider geographies of exclusion prevalent in Darjeeling—a town that is spatially marked by extreme contrasts between wealth and poverty.Less
Darjeeling residents face regular water stress despite a high annual amount of rainfall and an abundance of nearby springs and lakes. This chapter examines how the struggle for water manifests in the everyday lives of Darjeeling residents who come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and live in a range of geographical locations within the burgeoning tourist town. The text explains who is connected to municipal waters, who is not connected to them, and how a physical disconnection to municipal water supplies fosters abjection along with social affinities that can lead to productive adaptations. Emphasis is placed on how support systems, such as social collectives known as samaj, have begun to address the structural inadequacies of the municipal water supply system. These decentralized efforts are promising, but they also speak to the wider geographies of exclusion prevalent in Darjeeling—a town that is spatially marked by extreme contrasts between wealth and poverty.
Hans Lindahl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198754527
- eISBN:
- 9780191816161
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198754527.003.0008
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter first outlines a model of legal order that grants pride of place to the first-person plural perspective of the ‘we’ invoked in acts of constituent power: the authoritative collective ...
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This chapter first outlines a model of legal order that grants pride of place to the first-person plural perspective of the ‘we’ invoked in acts of constituent power: the authoritative collective action model of law. This model of law shows, in a second step, that constitutions are, first and foremost, the master rule by which legal collectives deal recursively with the practical question they confront at every turn: what ought our joint action to be about? The pervasiveness of this question leads back, or so it is subsequently argued, to the paradox deployed by constituent power: the foundation of a legal order only succeeds if it appears, retrospectively, as the legal re-foundation of an extant collective. Finally, the chapter explores the normative implications of this account of the relation between constituent power and a constitution, with special attention to the concept and the problem of legal authority.Less
This chapter first outlines a model of legal order that grants pride of place to the first-person plural perspective of the ‘we’ invoked in acts of constituent power: the authoritative collective action model of law. This model of law shows, in a second step, that constitutions are, first and foremost, the master rule by which legal collectives deal recursively with the practical question they confront at every turn: what ought our joint action to be about? The pervasiveness of this question leads back, or so it is subsequently argued, to the paradox deployed by constituent power: the foundation of a legal order only succeeds if it appears, retrospectively, as the legal re-foundation of an extant collective. Finally, the chapter explores the normative implications of this account of the relation between constituent power and a constitution, with special attention to the concept and the problem of legal authority.
Sonia Livingstone and Julian Sefton-Green
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781479884575
- eISBN:
- 9781479863570
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9781479884575.003.0004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
Who do children know, spend time with, or turn to in times of trouble? Who helps with homework, and who do they hang out with online? Chapter 3 constructs a “whole-class network,” finding that ...
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Who do children know, spend time with, or turn to in times of trouble? Who helps with homework, and who do they hang out with online? Chapter 3 constructs a “whole-class network,” finding that through the young people’s own spontaneous practices of mutual connection or disconnection they have sorted themselves into some relatively stable groupings that fit their personalities and interests. These are revealed to be strongly differentiated in terms of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, in ways that are not immediately obvious. But when we explore each class member’s “ego network,” his or her position within the class network turns out to be significant only for some and superficial for many. More important, it turns out, are structures of friendship and family, though these are not always visible at school.Less
Who do children know, spend time with, or turn to in times of trouble? Who helps with homework, and who do they hang out with online? Chapter 3 constructs a “whole-class network,” finding that through the young people’s own spontaneous practices of mutual connection or disconnection they have sorted themselves into some relatively stable groupings that fit their personalities and interests. These are revealed to be strongly differentiated in terms of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, in ways that are not immediately obvious. But when we explore each class member’s “ego network,” his or her position within the class network turns out to be significant only for some and superficial for many. More important, it turns out, are structures of friendship and family, though these are not always visible at school.
Jan Breman
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199464814
- eISBN:
- 9780199086481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199464814.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Economic Sociology
In the second chapter the author provides an account of the state’s relationship with its poor citizens. The chapter scrutinizes a wide range of programmes/schemes and actors who influence decisions ...
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In the second chapter the author provides an account of the state’s relationship with its poor citizens. The chapter scrutinizes a wide range of programmes/schemes and actors who influence decisions on how poverty is dealt with in India. Again Gujarat remains the field from which the critical inferences are drawn. The state has been in the focus of intense debates and controversies vis-à-vis meanings and manifestations of ‘development’ on the destiny of the poor of the state. This chapter discusses the discourse on ‘retreating state’ and brings to the table important evidence to the challenges thrown up by it in front of the poor subjects.Less
In the second chapter the author provides an account of the state’s relationship with its poor citizens. The chapter scrutinizes a wide range of programmes/schemes and actors who influence decisions on how poverty is dealt with in India. Again Gujarat remains the field from which the critical inferences are drawn. The state has been in the focus of intense debates and controversies vis-à-vis meanings and manifestations of ‘development’ on the destiny of the poor of the state. This chapter discusses the discourse on ‘retreating state’ and brings to the table important evidence to the challenges thrown up by it in front of the poor subjects.
Jan Breman
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199464814
- eISBN:
- 9780199086481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199464814.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Economic Sociology
In this chapter, the author focuses his scrutiny to the city of Ahmadabad in Gujarat and comes up with a very sharp yet detailed picture of urbanization processes that has the city and its poor in ...
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In this chapter, the author focuses his scrutiny to the city of Ahmadabad in Gujarat and comes up with a very sharp yet detailed picture of urbanization processes that has the city and its poor in its grips. The ethnographic accounts and narrative of dispossession and displacement focus on the decades of continual economic growth and the widening gap that divides the better-off from the poor. The author claims that this gap is not the result of a slow trickle-down effect of the gains of the economy but the economy as a whole where significant part of the working population have been caught in a downward spiral. The author has documented the deterioration experienced by this section of the population in recent decades in a visualised portrait of the changed urban landscape.Less
In this chapter, the author focuses his scrutiny to the city of Ahmadabad in Gujarat and comes up with a very sharp yet detailed picture of urbanization processes that has the city and its poor in its grips. The ethnographic accounts and narrative of dispossession and displacement focus on the decades of continual economic growth and the widening gap that divides the better-off from the poor. The author claims that this gap is not the result of a slow trickle-down effect of the gains of the economy but the economy as a whole where significant part of the working population have been caught in a downward spiral. The author has documented the deterioration experienced by this section of the population in recent decades in a visualised portrait of the changed urban landscape.
Adi Ophir and Ishay Rosen-Zvi
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- July 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198744900
- eISBN:
- 9780191806018
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198744900.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism, Early Christian Studies
Chapter 2 reconstructs the earliest efforts to stabilize binary relations between Israel and its many others in two quite different groups of late biblical sources—Ezra-Nehemiah and the ...
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Chapter 2 reconstructs the earliest efforts to stabilize binary relations between Israel and its many others in two quite different groups of late biblical sources—Ezra-Nehemiah and the eschatological prophecies. A real transformation of that triangular structure took place in two very different, but more or less contemporaneous, genres of writing. Ezra-Nehemiah shows clear efforts to generalize otherness and abstract it from the particularities of different nations. Conversely, the universalist vision of the later prophets stops short of eliminating Israel’s basic separateness. But despite their genuine inclusivity, these texts share the main outline of the triangular structure of relations between Israel, its others, and a third, mediating figure introduced most clearly in Ezra-Nehemiah. This group of texts plays a crucial role in our genealogy: they introduce a novel interest in alterity, though they fail to conceptualize it, a failure attested by a series of visible (i.e., legible) rhetorical performative moves.Less
Chapter 2 reconstructs the earliest efforts to stabilize binary relations between Israel and its many others in two quite different groups of late biblical sources—Ezra-Nehemiah and the eschatological prophecies. A real transformation of that triangular structure took place in two very different, but more or less contemporaneous, genres of writing. Ezra-Nehemiah shows clear efforts to generalize otherness and abstract it from the particularities of different nations. Conversely, the universalist vision of the later prophets stops short of eliminating Israel’s basic separateness. But despite their genuine inclusivity, these texts share the main outline of the triangular structure of relations between Israel, its others, and a third, mediating figure introduced most clearly in Ezra-Nehemiah. This group of texts plays a crucial role in our genealogy: they introduce a novel interest in alterity, though they fail to conceptualize it, a failure attested by a series of visible (i.e., legible) rhetorical performative moves.
