| Description |
1 online resource (x, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Ecology, capitalism and conflict -- Tyranny of the National: Disciplining bodies -- Fisherfolk flows: Ambiguities of identities -- On the Fisher's body: human rights and suffering -- 2. Beyond borders: the Indian Ocean Region in South Asia -- Histories memories, movements in the South Asian Indian Ocean Region -- Natural and human resources in the Indian Ocean -- Fishing industry, unequal distribution and the Blue Crisis -- Towards sustainable seas? -- 3. Fisherfolk as 'Prisoners of War': India and Pakistan -- Cartographic dilemmas: the Sir reek Dispute -- Depleting fish catch -- Structures of fishing -- Omnipotent state and marginalised populations -- An exchange protocol: a chronicle of arrests and releases -- 4. The killing waters: India and Sri Lanka -- The manifold (ab)uses of law -- Tormented bodies: Fisherfolk and their families -- A fluid and dispersed community -- The universalising impact of capital -- Caught in a conflict warp -- Ethnic conflicts, terrorism and Fisherfolk -- What is to be done? -- 5. Ironies of identities: India and Bangladesh -- Politics of borders and maritime disputes -- Harsh habitations: poverty, fishing, ecological malaise and migrations -- Shifting terrains of nationalism and communalism: paradoxes of crossings -- Actions from above and visions for future -- 6. 'Unruly' Fisherfolk in the eyes of law -- Historical evolution of the law of the seas -- Maritime (F)laws in South Asia |
| Summary |
On the fishers of South Asia, their economic conditions, and coastal zone management in the region; a study |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-240) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Fishers -- South Asia -- Economic conditions
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Coastal zone management -- South Asia
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Coastal zone management
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Fishers -- Economic conditions
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Staatsgrenze
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Überschreitung
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Fischer
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South Asia
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Südasien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sharma, Mukul, 1961-
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| LC no. |
2008307064 |
| ISBN |
9781136518294 |
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1136518290 |
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9780203151877 |
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0203151879 |
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