Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : HS1333 : Post-Liberalization Social Transformation in India { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Dr. Koteswara Rao Kodirekkala
Syllabus
Module 1: Basic concepts: Liberalization, Privatization, Globalisation, Social Transformation, and LPG in India
Module 2: Post-Liberalization Transformation and Development Challenges in India, Land and Livelihoods in Neoliberal India.
Module 3: Impact of Liberalization on Society and Culture in India
Module 4: Foreignisation of space Liberalization, development, displacement and dissent in India Acts and Policies of Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation in India
Module 5: Agriculture sector in Neoliberal India, Non-Farm Employment and Rural Transformation in India, Contract farming in India
Course Objectives
- To expose students to liberalization policies and transformations
- To explain how neoliberal policies have shaped or are shaping India in contemporary times.
Course Outcomes
After the completion of this course, students will be able to: <br />CO1: Describe the basic concepts of LPG <br />CO2: Explain the important events or happenings, development challenges and opportunities in India after liberalization, <br />CO3: Assess the impact of liberalization on Indian society and culture <br />CO4: Evaluate the development projects, displacement, resistance and certain other emerging issues of land in Neoliberal India <br />CO5: Comprehend the agrarian crisis and rural transformation in Neoliberal India,
Essential Reading
- Derne, Steve, Globalization on the Ground: Media and the Transformation of Culture, Class, and Gender in India, SAGE Publications, New Delhi , 2008
- Lukose, Ritty A, Liberalization’s Children: Gender, Youth, and Consumer Citizenship in Globalizing India, Duke University Press, Durham , 2009
Supplementary Reading
- Mohanty, B. B. (ed.), Critical Perspectives on Agrarian Transition: India in the global debate., Routledge, London , 2016
- Mishra, N. K. (ed.)., Development Challenges of India After Twenty Five Years of Economic Reforms: Inequality, labour, employment and migration, Springer, Singapore , 2020