Publisher's Synopsis
Development in India has been lopsided and uneven. Despite best efforts, the government has been unable to contain inequality, poverty, and unjust distribution of resources. Underdevelopment and Naxalism in India focuses on the contradictions of the Indian democracy, the disparities, and the perpetual marginalization of the backward states.
One such menacing fallout has been the 'Naxalite Movement'. Starting out as a small peasant movement in Naxalbari, West Bengal, Naxalism is now a pervasive, violent, and lethal insurgency. This decades-old uprising of the poor, the oppressed, the landless, and the deprived has seen a host of changes, and now serious questions are being raised over its ideological roots. In the light of such tortuous social, economic, and political conditions, the contributing authors of this volume discuss underdevelopment and Naxalism at micro and macro levels. This intellectual and cogent discourse is an attempt to look for a solution to this contentious issue, and brings to the forefront the dilemmas, the pain, and the resentment of the deprived people.
One such menacing fallout has been the 'Naxalite Movement'. Starting out as a small peasant movement in Naxalbari, West Bengal, Naxalism is now a pervasive, violent, and lethal insurgency. This decades-old uprising of the poor, the oppressed, the landless, and the deprived has seen a host of changes, and now serious questions are being raised over its ideological roots. In the light of such tortuous social, economic, and political conditions, the contributing authors of this volume discuss underdevelopment and Naxalism at micro and macro levels. This intellectual and cogent discourse is an attempt to look for a solution to this contentious issue, and brings to the forefront the dilemmas, the pain, and the resentment of the deprived people.
