Contents
List of tables, Figures, and box ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin; 1
PART I:
MARGIN/CENTER DYNAMICS,
Frédérique Apffel-Marglin; 9
1.: Cultural Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Situating Cultural Practices of the Marginal Communities In India, Rahul Ghai and Sanjay Kumar; 17
2.: Humiliation: Politics and Cultural Psychology of the Limits of Human Degradation, Ashis Nandy; 43
3.: Pollution, Subsistence, Sustainability in USA Nationalism: The Symbolic Construction of 'Appalachia' as America's 'trash' People, Betsy Taylor; 62
4.: Livelihoods and Cultural Codes: Pork and Pigs in Indian Culture, Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp; 83
PART II:
CULTURAL PRACTICES, 113
Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;
5.: The Potential of Fair Trade for Bio-Cultural Regeneration: The Case of the Oro Verde cooperative in Peru, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin; 123
6.: Representation, Resistance, and Identity: The Musahards of the Middle Gangetic Plain, Sanjay Kumar, Arvind Mishra, Badri Narayan, and Rafiul Ahmed; 150
7.: Seeking Begumpura: Radical Bhakti and Dalit Social Movements, Gail Omvedt; 172
8.: Qissa Mir-e-Alam: Experiences of reinvigorating sufiyana qalam tradition with marginalized musicians, Rahul Ghai; 185
PART III:
QUESTIONING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH, 209
Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;
9.: Culture Matters in the Knowledge Economy, Linda Tuhiwai Smith; 217
10.: How can the Capability Approach be used to Serve Marginalized Communities at the Grassroots Level?, Ingrid Robeyns; 234
11.: Language Disadvantage and Capability Deprivation of Tribal Mother Tongue Speakers, Ajit Mohanty; 262
12.: . From Imperialism to Globalization by Way of Development, Stephen Marglin. 287
List of Contributors 308