| ID | 177192 |
| Title Proper | Village Communities’ vs ‘Business Corporations |
| Other Title Information | the Multilayered Articulation of Local Conflicts with Contention Surrounding Industrial Development in India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Krichewsky, Damien |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | India’s current ‘pro-business’ development regime has been both challenged by depictions of malevolent corporations oppressing helpless village communities and legitimised by depictions of socially responsible corporations ‘developing’ grateful backward communities. To overcome these contradictory narratives, which fail to account for the intricate relationships between villagers and corporate actors, the article analyses how these narratives are constructed in interaction with local conflicts surrounding industrial activity. Guided by a framework based on social systems theory, a detailed study of two cement plants located in Chhattisgarh shows how this interaction operates through multiple discursive layers, which vary in terms of their degree of specification/generalisation and concreteness/abstraction. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 43, No.6; Dec 2020: p. 1058-1076 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2020-12 43, 6 |
| Key Words | Capitalism ; Development ; India ; Industry ; Systems theory ; CSR ; Villages |