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Bannerji, Himani. 2011. Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology
Full text linkBannerji, Himani. 2011. Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press. ISBN 978-1-55130-389-5. Paperback: 34.95 CAD. Pages: 272
Towards Transformative Solidarities: Wars of Position in the Making of Labour Internationalism in Canada
Full text linkWithin the broad debates about neoliberalism, neoliberal globalization and the declining power of unions in the Global North, there has been renewed interest in the possibilities of international and transnational labour solidarity, coordination and action. Drawing from Rebecca Johns (1998) distinction between transformative and accommodationist forms of international labour solidarity I argue that we need to critically assess how these practices challenge or reinforce global divisions of labour born of the historical development of capitalism.
To this end, this study provides an analysis of the dialectical relationship between the dominant practices of labour internationalism that emerged within the organized labour movement in Canada during the Cold War. I examine both the challenges to and possibilities for building transformative forms of international labour solidarity today. Challenges include the philosophies of social partnership, racism, white supremacy and nationalism that informed the labour imperialism and accommodationist solidarities of the institutionalized internationalism in this period. I argue that the brand of social democratic anti-communism that characterized this institutionalized labour internationalism was shaped by the wars of position over worker justice happening on the national level and internationally between unions, but also by ideas of race and nation. I outline the lessons from these practices by focusing on four cases: Kenya, Southeast Asia, The Caribbean and Palestine. Finally, I assess the grassroots labour solidarity that re-emerged inside the labour movement with the rise of the New Left. I argue that the model of international solidarity they built, called worker-to-worker, arose from the goals and strategies of class struggle unionism and constitutes an example of transformative solidarity that can inform discussions about organizing international soldiarity today.
Rooted in anti-racist Marxist feminist theory, my historical sociological analysis draws from both archival research and interviews with union leaders, activists and staff. I make sense of the solidarities that determined these practices by exploring the terrain of class consciousness in which they were formed. Situating my analysis within the social and political contours of class formation in Canada and internationally, I pay particular attention to how these practices of labour internationalism intersect with issues of race, gender, nation and class struggle, and how racialized and gendered class formation in Canada has influenced ideas of worker justice and responses to imperialism, colonialism and national borders
Women of Himachal Pradesh : the impact of development on the everyday lives of poor, rural women in India
No full textThis research focuses on the ways in which the degradation of die environment in d India has impacted on poor women's productive and reproductive work, their health, their experience of family and culture, and their agency. The datum shows that the depletion and degradation of the forest has eroded the traditional biomass-based subsistence economy leading to an increased work load for women, increased poverty, and poor health. Furthermore, the research supports the view that there is a fundamental link between inappropriate development, the depletion and degradation of the environment, increased poverty, increased work load for women, and women's poor health, their limited life choices, and their general educational deprivation. Nevertheless, Himachal Pradesh is in a state of transition where tradition and modernity CO-exist.This is also evident in the women's coping and resistance strategies. In finding ways to cope with the changes occurring as a result of environmental degradation, women have had co resist traditional patriarchal and cultural expectations. In so doing they have gained increased agency in informing their future to some extent. They critique their oppressive situation while at the same time they collude with the traditional gender expectations placed on their central role in the family. On another level, then, the research also reveals that in developing coping, adapting, and survival strategies to deal with the problems arising from unsustainable capitalist development projects, poor rural women's experience of their environment and traditional culture has been transformed and their social agencies reaffirmed. Although my problematic is die everyday life of poor women in rural India, my research is ais0 about bow this research was done. Through a combination of oral histories, personal interviews, photographs, and participation observation, 1 have developed a way of doing research that swaddles anthropology and sociology, and that not only analyses and explains but documents, describes, gives voice to, and tells a revealing story. Women in rural India are still living their lives with uncertainty. Although the future looks bleak it is not unequivocally determined. The potential for positive change char emerges from the adverse conditions under which these women live is linked not only to their strength and adaptability, but to their increasing grasp of agency in their lives and the spark that animates their desire for a better life.Doctor of Philosoph
Writing 'India,' Doing Ideology: William Jones' Construction of India as an Ideological Category
Full text linkThrough a Glass Darkly : Ideology, Education, Institution
No full textEquity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)—or sometimes styled EDID by including decolonization—is an institutionalized response to demands for access, inclusion, recognition, and redistribution by communities of people excluded from traditional centres of power. Under the banner of EDI(D), educational institutions have launched an extensive program of adult education, seeking to “train” institutional actors to adhere to policies and root out bias in practice. In this paper, Bannerji situates the relations of EDI work within the broader framing of multiculturalism, racism, and ideologies of education in Canada. Drawing from Dorothy Smith’s unique articulations of ontology and ideology, Bannerji confronts the ideological praxis of EDI work and asks us to consider the politics of identity and pedagogy that constitute this particular conjuncture.L’équité, diversité et inclusion (ÉDI) – parfois reformulé ÉDID en y ajoutant la décolonisation – représente une réponse institutionnelle aux revendications d’accès, d’inclusion, de reconnaissance et de redistribution par les communautés de personnes exclues des centres traditionnels du pouvoir. Sous la bannière de l’ÉDI(D), les établissements d’enseignement ont lancé un vaste programme d’éducation des adultes visant à « former » les parties institutionnelles afin de les faire suivre les politiques et d’éradiquer les biais dans la pratique. Dans cet article, Bannerji situe les relations du travail d’ÉDI dans le cadre plus large du multiculturalisme, du racisme et des idéologies de l’éducation au Canada. S’inspirant aux perspectives uniques de Dorothy Smith sur l’ontologie et l’idéologie, Bannerji remet en question la praxis idéologique du travail d’ÉDI et nous demande de tenir compte des politiques de l’identité et de la pédagogie qui constituent cette conjoncture particulière
Politics and Ideology
Full text linkIn this article I wish to exemplify how an anti-ideological critique on “violence against women’” in the era of neoliberal India may be conducted. My main source lies in Marx’s critique of ideology as a body of content, of “ruling ideas” which are hegemonic, as well as the epistemological process of their production. With this understanding I want to speak about the current conjuncture in India of global neoliberal imperialism, of ideological and political use of religion and patriarchy. It appears to me that this fascistic agenda is present elsewhere in the world, where expanding neoliberal capitalism and fundamentalist religious ideology enter into a holy alliance
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