K. Ravi Raman was a Hallsworth Research Fellow (2005–8) in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester and is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Development Studies, SOAS, London. He is the author of Global Capital and Peripheral Labour (2010) and co-editor of Corporate Social Responsibility, forthcoming.

• 1. The Kerala Model: Situating the Critique K. Ravi Raman Part 1: Historical Perspectives: Caste, Religion and Development 2. Caste, Public Action and the Kerala Model K.T. Rammohan 3 ‘Community’ as De-Imagining Nation: Relocating the Ezhava Movement in Kerala J. Reghu 4. Negotiating the Hindu State and Nationalism: Travails in the Making of a Community M.M. Khan Part 2: Contemporary Political Economy 5. Freedom, Economic Reform and the Kerala ‘Model’ M.A. Oommen 6. On the Periphery: Muslims and the Kerala Model M. Kabir 7. Learning to Learn: Dalit Education in Kerala Roshni Padmanabhan 8. Thinking through CT Scanners: The Value(s) of Imaging Technologies in Kerala Caroline Wilson 9. Asian Development Bank, Conditionalities and the Social Democratic Governance: Kerala Model under Pressure? K. Ravi Raman 10. The Conjuncture of ‘Late Socialism’ in Kerala: A Critique of the Narrative of Social Democracy Nissim Mannathukkaren Part 3: Gender, Space and Identities 11. Empowerment or Politicization? The Limits of Gender Inclusiveness of Kerala’s Political Decentralization J. Devika and Binitha V. Thampi 12. The Institutionalization of Dowry in Kerala: Feminine Identity, Conjugal Patronage and Development Praveena Kodoth 13. ‘Caring’ Cosmopolitans and Global Migration: Plus ça Change? Shoba Arun Part 4: New Social Movements: Political and Cultural Perspectives 14. Adivasi Workers’ Struggles and the Kerala Model: Interpreting the Past, Confronting the Present Luisa Steur 15. Social Space, Civil Society and Transformative Politics of New Social Movements in Kerala T.T. Sreekumar and Govindan Parayil

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