Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 The Kerala Model: Situating the critique; Part 1 Historical perspectives: Caste, religion and development; 2 Caste, public action and the Kerala Model; 3 'Community' as de-imagining nation: Relocating the Ezhava movement in Kerala; 4 Negotiating the Hindu state and nationalism: Travails in the making of a community; Part 2 Contemporary political economy; 5 Freedom, economic reform and the Kerala 'Model'; 6 On the periphery: Muslims and the Kerala Model; 7 Learning to learn: Dalit education in Kerala
8 Thinking through CT scanners: The value(s) of imaging technologies in Kerala9 Asian Development Bank, conditionalities and the social democratic governance: Kerala Model under pressure?; 10 The conjuncture of 'late socialism' in Kerala: a critique of the narrative of social democracy; Part 3 Gender, space and identities; 11 Empowerment or politicization?: The limits of gender inclusiveness of Kerala's political decentralization; 12
Summary
A comprehensive analysis of the Kerala Model of Social Development to date. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it sheds light on the paradoxes of the Indian state and critiques its model of economic development