Section on global and transnational sociology best scholarly book award. Since the mid2000s, india has been beset by widespread farmer protests against land grabs. I am an assistant professor in the department of sociology at johns hopkins. Dispossession without development paperback michael. Michael levien, an assistant professor of sociology. Table of contents for contributions to indian sociology, 54, 1, feb 01, 2020. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and marketsdestined to become a classic of political economy. It shows, first, that public infrastructural investment by the rajasthan government was entirely geared toward the needs of this emerging corporate city with little concern for the welfare of surrounding rural populations. Polanyi and shifting global opinions on neoliberalism. Winner of the 2019 global and transnational sociology best book award, american sociological associationwinner of the 2019 political economy of world system pews distinguished book award, american sociological associationreceived honorable mention for the 2019 asiatransnational book award, american sociological associationsince the mid2000s, india has been beset by widespread.
Desai takes on the daunting task of explaining the world of finance through the prism of the humanities, yes the humanities. Studies sociology of development, political sociology, and social theory. Rare ethnographic study of villages dispossessed for a special economic zone. Read dispossession without development land grabs in neoliberal india by michael levien available from rakuten kobo. Historian martha jones receives award for best book on civil rights struggle read, too, about guggenheim fellows, nas members, and other faculty recognitions. In dispossession without development, michael levien seeks to uncover the structural underpinnings of indias socalled land wars. Dispossession without development hardcover michael.
Working with potentially dry subject matter, levine has fashioned an entertaining book that examines the history of time, timekeeping, and the various ways that time is experienced in different cultures. This chapter shows how sezs represent the abandonment of the developmentalist ambition of broadbased economic transformation and a retreat into elite private enclaves. Michael levien 2005 uc berkeley sociology department. Ucla international institute, june 1, 2018 on may 14, michael levien, assistant professor of sociology at johns hopkins university, joined the ucla center for india and south asia to speak about his new book, dispossession without development. In this wellcrafted treatise on the history of time, psychologist levine does a good job of keeping the text lively. Michael levien, an assistant professor in sociology. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Everyday lives of dalit agricultural labourers in a bihar village by anand chakravarti.
Michael levien is assistant professor of sociology at johns hopkins university, usa. How do collective memories affect their current strategic choices. He received his phd in sociology from the university of california, berkeley in 20. Ryan isakson, michael levien, nancy peluso, shahra razavi, ian scoones, and k. Agrarian marxism 1st edition michael levien michael. Michael burawoy, professor of sociology, university of california, berkeley.
When first published the first run of this book sold out in hours, and hit best seller lists throughout the country, then shipments to book stores inexplicably disappeared. The rise of a pop star in an age of celebrity by mathieu deflem. Sociology of development section book award winner. Dispossession without development land grabs in neoliberal india michael levien modern south asia. Evans the book is dedicated to neil fligstein and peter evans schoolprofessorwins sociology book. Winner of the 2019 global and transnational sociology best book award. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Michael levien european journal of sociology volume 54 issue 03 december 20, pp 485 497 doi.
The second builds on comparative extensions from my book project to chart a sociology of dispossession. The section on the sociology of developments faculty book award. In his engaging and original book the wisdom of finance. Narrative in action in the italian and spanish student movements palgrave, 2018, lorenzo zamponi provides an answer to these questions by analyzing the representations of specific. Based on longterm ethnographic immersion, levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. Michael burawoy, professor of sociology, university of. Michael levien is assistant professor of sociology at johns hopkins university. Winner of global and transnational sociology section best book award, american sociological association. Levien is assistant professor of sociology in johns hopkins university. He has been researching and writing about rural land dispossession in india for the past fifteen years. Leviens dispossession without development exhibits the best of u. He is the author of dispossession without development. Michael levien zanvyl krieger school of arts and sciences. Special economic zones and the political economy of land in india.
The sweezy book award goes to the authors of the best book published in the past two years in the area of marxist theory and research. Contributions to indian sociology volume 54, number 1. Michael leviens muchawaited monograph on land dispossession in. I am an assistant professor in the department of sociology at johns hopkins university, where i. Michael levien, johns hopkins university, sociology department, faculty member. He examines how land dispossession changed with indias shift from stateled development to neoliberalism and the consequences of these changes for dispossessed farmers in contemporary india. Discovering humanity in the world of risk and return houghton mifflin harcourt, 2017, harvard professor mihir a. Winner of the 2019 global and transnational sociology best book award, american sociological association winner of the 2019 political economy of world system pews distinguished book award, american. Yet it does so with incisive and necessary historical specificity and a stubborn practicality that shrewdly eschews romantic notions of resistance or heartwrenching monolithic tales of destruction, all while maintaining explicit.
I have started work on a book titled sociology of dispossession, which seeks to push the study of dispossession in a comparative direction. In his book dispossession without development, michel levien. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Dispossession without development argues that beneath these conflicts lay a profound transformation in the political economy of land dispossession. While the indian state dispossessed land for publicsector industry and infrastructure for much of the 20th century, the adoption of neoliberal. Michael levine, a young special agent with dea was a part of the original investigation. Advances a new theory of the relationship between dispossession and capitalism. Based at the harvard graduate school of design, the urban theory lab is a research team concerned to rethink the basic categories, methods and cartographies of urban theory in order to better understand and influence emergent forms of planetary urbanization. Increased coverage is given to many topics including climate change, aquaculture, financialization, brics countries, foodbased social movements, gender and ethnic issues, critical public health, and land succession.
In this new edition, author michael carolan brings all data and citations fully up to date. Michael watts is class of 63 emeritus professor in the department of geography at the university of california berkeley, usa. From violence to mobilization in rwanda and bosniaherzegovina. Land grabs in neoliberal india promote inequitable development. Historian martha jones receives award for best book on. Levien, michael, michael watts, and yan hairong, eds. He has been researching and writing about rural land dispossession in india for the.
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There is also greater discussion about successful cases of social change throughout all. Winner of the 2019 global and transnational sociology best book award, american sociological association winner of the 2. The contradictory impact of transnational aids institutions on state. Michael levien wins book award sociology johns hopkins. Winner, 20 best graduate student article, sociology of development section of the american sociological association. Do protests against dispossession oppose development. The paperback of the dispossession without development. Dispossession without development ebook by michael levien. Section on global and transnational sociology best book award by an international scholar. Ideological, political, and social origins state university of new.
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