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Visar resultat 36 - 40 av 245 avhandlingar innehållade ordet India.

  1. 36. Access to water : Rights, obligations and the Bangalore situation

    Författare :Jenny T. Grönwall; Johan Hedrén; Julie Wilk; Srinivasan Janakarajan; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; access to water; rights; human rights; water rights; India; Bangalore; tillgång till vatten; rättigheter; mänskliga rättigheter; vattenrättigheter; Indien; Bangalore; Water in nature and society; Vatten i natur och samhälle;

    Sammanfattning : The city of Bangalore in southern India is undergoing rapid urbanisation and administrative transition. Its growth puts pressure on the available water sources – being mainly the disputed inter-State River Cauvery and the hard-rock aquifers – with ensuing problems of access. LÄS MER

  3. 37. The un/selfish leader : Changing notions in a Tamil Nadu village

    Författare :Björn Alm; Gudrun Dahl; Bengt-Erik Borgström; Jens Lerche; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Anthropology; India; Tamil Nadu; leadership; corruption; rural change; individualism; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : 'The un/selfish' leader explores notions of selfishness, as they were perceived by people in the village of Ekkaraiyur, Tamil Nadu, India, at a time they associated with thorough changes in their lives.Discussing locally held notions about agrarian change, seen as causing the erosion of earlier village loyalties and leading to the emergence of a new type of leaders, the study focus on the censure of the alleged corruption of these leaders. LÄS MER

  4. 38. Navigating Troubled Waters : An analysis of how urban water regimes in the global South reproduce inequality

    Författare :Maryam Nastar; LUCSUS; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Water Access; Inequality; Transition Framework; Urban Water Regimes; World City; Contentious Politics; Hyderabad; India; Johannesburg; South Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This research is an attempt to conceptualize the underlying forces behind persistent and ubiquitous problems of inequality in access to water in cities of the global south. Inequality in water access is hypothesized to result from urban water regimes that tend to prioritize the right to water access or to provide preferential terms of access for some groups in society, while marginalizing others. LÄS MER

  5. 39. The Town Plan of Jaipur : Its Sources and Narrations

    Författare :Mirja Juntunen; Claus Oetke; Siegfried Lienhard; Nalini Balbir; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; India; town plan; Jaipur; Indology; Indologi;

    Sammanfattning : Jaipur’s town plan has been the subject of a multitude of suggestions regarding its origin. Jaipur was founded by Jaisingh II in 1727, and has since then been the capital of the State of Rajasthan, India. LÄS MER

  7. 40. No peace of mind : The Tibetan diaspora in India

    Författare :Åsa Tiljander Dahlström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; belonging; conflict; diaspora; home; migration; narrative; Tibet; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : The study deals with senses of collective and individual belonging among Tibetans, in relation to 'home', 'homeland' and 'diaspora'; it discusses how conflicting ways of constructing notions of collective identity makes it relevant to see the Tibetan diaspora as a Geography of conflict. The point of departure is that the diaspora is affected by many internal conflicts. LÄS MER