Michael levien, assistant professor, sociology, won three additional awards for his book dispossession without development. He is the author of dispossession without development. I am an assistant professor in the department of sociology at johns hopkins university, where i. Based on longterm ethnographic immersion, levien shows how peasants are maneuvered into giving up their land. Dispossession without development land grabs in neoliberal india michael levien modern south asia. Since the mid2000s, india has been beset by widespread farmer protests against land grabs. Everyday lives of dalit agricultural labourers in a bihar village by anand chakravarti. Historian martha jones receives award for best book on civil rights struggle read, too, about guggenheim fellows, nas members, and other faculty recognitions. 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. The rise of a pop star in an age of celebrity by mathieu deflem. 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.
Leviens dispossession without development exhibits the best of u. Michael levien is assistant professor of sociology at johns hopkins university, usa. Recipients of section awards sociology of development. In his book dispossession without development, michel levien. Read dispossession without development land grabs in neoliberal india by michael levien available from rakuten kobo. Studies sociology of development, political sociology, and social theory. This is a must read for anyone interested in development and marketsdestined to become a classic of political economy.
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. Desai takes on the daunting task of explaining the world of finance through the prism of the humanities, yes the humanities. I have started work on a book titled sociology of dispossession, which seeks to push the study of dispossession in a comparative direction. While the indian state dispossessed land for publicsector industry and infrastructure for much of the 20th century, the adoption of neoliberal.
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. 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. 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. Michael levien, johns hopkins university, sociology department, faculty member. Dispossession without development paperback michael. Michael levien, an assistant professor of sociology.
The contradictory impact of transnational aids institutions on state. 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. 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. Historian martha jones receives award for best book on. 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. 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 is assistant professor of sociology at johns hopkins university.
Assistant professor, michael levien, wins the international studies associations global development studies book award for his book dispossession without development. Winner of global and transnational sociology section best book award, american sociological association. Ryan isakson, michael levien, nancy peluso, shahra razavi, ian scoones, and k. Assistant professor, michael levien, wins the international studies associations global development studies book award for his book. Section on global and transnational sociology best scholarly book award. In this wellcrafted treatise on the history of time, psychologist levine does a good job of keeping the text lively. He has been researching and writing about rural land dispossession in india for the. Agrarian marxism 1st edition michael levien michael. Discovering humanity in the world of risk and return houghton mifflin harcourt, 2017, harvard professor mihir a. Contributions to indian sociology volume 54, number 1. Special economic zones and the political economy of land in india. Michael levien zanvyl krieger school of arts and sciences. I am an assistant professor in the department of sociology at johns hopkins. Rare ethnographic study of villages dispossessed for a special economic zone.
Polanyi and shifting global opinions on neoliberalism. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In this new edition, author michael carolan brings all data and citations fully up to date. Winner, 20 best graduate student article, sociology of development section of the american sociological association. Michael levien european journal of sociology volume 54 issue 03 december 20, pp 485 497 doi. How do collective memories affect their current strategic choices.
Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. Advances a new theory of the relationship between dispossession and capitalism. The second builds on comparative extensions from my book project to chart a sociology of dispossession. Section on global and transnational sociology best book award by an international scholar. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Evans the book is dedicated to neil fligstein and peter evans schoolprofessorwins sociology book. Ideological, political, and social origins state university of new. The section on the sociology of developments faculty book award. He has been researching and writing about rural land dispossession in india for the past fifteen years.
Michael leviens muchawaited monograph on land dispossession in. Michael levien wins book award sociology johns hopkins. 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. Levien is assistant professor of sociology in johns hopkins university. There is also greater discussion about successful cases of social change throughout all. Michael watts is class of 63 emeritus professor in the department of geography at the university of california berkeley, usa.
In his engaging and original book the wisdom of finance. 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. Dispossession without development hardcover michael. From violence to mobilization in rwanda and bosniaherzegovina.
Land grabs in neoliberal india promote inequitable development. Table of contents for contributions to indian sociology, 54, 1, feb 01, 2020. 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. Dispossession without development ebook by michael levien. Michael burawoy, professor of sociology, university of california, berkeley. Winner of the 2019 global and transnational sociology best book award, american sociological association winner of the 2. Winner of the 2019 global and transnational sociology best book award. In his book dispossession without development, michel levien argues with great nuance that protestors against sezs should be. Michael levien, an assistant professor in sociology. Berkeley alumni book awards uc berkeley sociology department.
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