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. Ed(S): Mitra, Iman Kumar; Samaddar, Ranabir; Sen, Samita - Accumulation in Post-Colonial Capitalism - 9789811010361 - V9789811010361
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Accumulation in Post-Colonial Capitalism

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Description for Accumulation in Post-Colonial Capitalism Hardback. Editor(s): Mitra, Iman Kumar; Samaddar, Ranabir; Sen, Samita. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTR; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 573.

This volume looks at how accumulation in postcolonial capitalism blurs the boundaries of space, institutions, forms, financial regimes, labour processes, and economic segments on one hand, and creates zones and corridors on the other. It draws our attention to the peculiar but structurally necessary coexistence of both primitive and virtual modes of accumulation in the postcolony. From these two major inquiries it develops a new understanding of postcolonial capitalism. The case studies in this volume discuss the production of urban spaces of capital extraction, institutionalization of postcolonial finance capital, gendering of work forms, establishment of new forms of labour, formation ... Read more

By challenging the established dualities between citizenship-based civil society and welfare-based political society, exploring critically the question of colonial and postcolonial difference, and foregrounding the material processes of accumulation against the culturalism of postcolonial studies, this volume redefines postcolonial studies in South Asia and beyond. It is invaluable reading for students and scholars of South Asian studies, sociology, cultural and critical anthropology, critical and praxis studies, and political science. 

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811010361
SKU
V9789811010361
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Mitra, Iman Kumar; Samaddar, Ranabir; Sen, Samita
Iman Kumar Mitra has studied economics and is a research associate at the Calcutta Research Group. His doctoral dissertation explores the history of dissemination of economic knowledge in colonial Bengal through various pedagogical and institutional networks. His research interests include history of economics, migration, urbanization, and labour issues. He is currently involved in a research project on the interconnectedness between ... Read more

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