Category Archives: Kerala

Dalit Women as Political Agents: A Kerala Experience

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Gopakumar

by Rekha Raj Economic and Political Weekly, May 04, 2013 Articulating dalit women’s experiences by exposing the operations of history by which their struggles were co-opted, subsumed, misrepresented or sometimes erased by mainstream debates and tracing the survival strategies by … Continue reading →

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Tourist Profiles and Characteristics vis-à-vis Market Segmentation of Ecotourism Destinations in Kerala

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Sivakumar

by D. Rajasenan, Varghese Manaloor, Bijith George Abraham Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development ISSN 2222-2855 Vol.3, No.14, 2012 Kerala, a classic ecotourism destination in India, provides significant opportunities for livelihood options to thepeople who depend on the resources from … Continue reading →

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Trends in Kerala State Finances-1991-92 to 2012-13: A Study in the Backdrop of Economic Reforms in India

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Librarian

By K.K.George and K.K.Krishnakumar. CSES WP.28/APRIL 2012 This Paper attempts a review of the finances of Kerala government during the last twenty three years including the current financial year. The period coincided with the economic reforms in the country, characterized … Continue reading →

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Globalization Lived Locally: Investigating Kerala’s Local Labour Control Regimes

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Librarian

By P. Neethi Development and Change, Volume 43, Issue 6, pages 1239–1263, November 2012 This article uses the case study of a prominent electronics manufacturer in Kerala, southern India, to illuminate an approach to labour studies which focuses on local … Continue reading →

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Community cohesion and inherited networks:A network study of two handloom clusters in Kerala, India

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Gopakumar

by Anant kamath and Robin Cowan UNU-MERIT Working Paper no.2012-073, November 2012 When agents use informal interaction to exchange knowledge, their production relations may develop as emergent properties of their social relations and may exhibit homophily. The Saliyar community cluster … Continue reading →

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The last stand

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Librarian

By R. KRISHNAKUMAR in Kochi and Idukki/Oct. 06-19, 2012 Change has come on such quiet feet that it startles you at every turn on the scenic pepper routes from Idukki to the terminal markets on the spice coasts of Kerala. … Continue reading →

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INFLEXION IN KERALA’S GULF CONNECTION: Report on Kerala Migration Survey 2011

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Sriram

by K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan CDS Working Paper No. 450 [2012] This Working Paper embodies the results of the Kerala Migration Survey (KMS) 2011.  It is the fifth in the series of comprehensive studieson international and internal migration from … Continue reading →

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Stench in my backyard

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Librarian

By M Suchitra/Sep 15, 2012 Vilappil, a small village located 14 kilometres from the heart of Kerala’s capital city, Thiruvananthapuram, comprises mostly marginal farmers and wage labourers. On August 3, defying prohibitory orders issued by the police against public gathering … Continue reading →

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Kerala’s big bane

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Librarian

By KP JAYAKUMAR /The Sunday Indian September 2, 2012, New Delhi God’s own country is in desperate need of divine intervention. The reason is deadly: denizens of the state of Kerala, statistically speaking, are more likely to die a violent … Continue reading →

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Seminar: GOD’S OWN COUNTRY a symposium on Kerala in transition , no.637 September 2012

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Librarian

GOD’S OWN COUNTRY a symposium on Kerala in transition symposium participants THE PROBLEM A short statement of the issues involved TRANSFORMATIONS AND TRIBULATIONS K.P. Kannan, Development Economist; Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies and Centre of Science and Technology for … Continue reading →

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