Academic Dependency in the Social Sciences: Structural Reality and Intellectual Changes

Academic Dependency in the Social Sciences: Structural Reality and Intellectual Changes

By- Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff and Syed Farid Alatas (eds.)

This book deals with the academic dependency of scholars variously positioned in the South. All contributors to this book acknowledge that though place might play a different role in the contemporary globalized world, yet the location of people have not become irrelevant. However, there is limited knowledge about the impact of place among academicians differently located in the South and of the costs and benefits of academic globalization. The main purpose of this book therefore is to increase our knowledge about the net result of such a calculus today for various regions in the South. Though all scholars in this book look upon academic dependency as a problem, there are differences of opinion as to what constitutes academic dependency, what its manifestations are, and how we may cope with academic dependency.

The papers in this volume deal with two major differences or levels of the problem of academic dependency, that is, the theoretical and practical. The editors think it is essential that academic dependency be understood and dealt with along these two levels as this will enable us to appreciate the magnitude of the problem and seriously consider the options available to us as we consider measures to overcome academic dependency.

Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff: was Director Research at the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI) till 2010. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Centre of Asian Studies in Amsterdam (CASA). She resides in Ranchi (India) and is currently finishing a book on the social history of tobacco in Bihar.

Syed Farid Alatas is Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology from the Johns Hopkins University. His work has been widely published in journals and edited books. Currently, he is finishing a book on the thought of Ibn Khaldun. He is also working on another book on the Ba‘alawi Sufi order.

ISBN  978-81-7304-894-4    2010   334p.   Rs.995/ pounds 50

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Beyond the Myth: Indian Business Communities in Singapore

 Beyond the Myth: Indian Business Communities in Singapore

By- Jayati Bhattacharya

This book is a macro-study of Indian business communities in Singapore through different phases of their growth since colonial times. It goes beyond the conventional labour-history approach to study Indian immigrants to Southeast Asia, both in terms of themselves and their connections with the people’s movements. It looks at how Indian business communities negotiated with others in the environments in which they found themselves and adapted to them in novel ways. It especially brings into focus the patterns and integration of the Indian networks in the large – scale transnational flows of capital, one of the least studied aspects of the diaspora history in this part of the world. The complexities and overlapping interests of different groups of traders and businessmen form an interesting study of various aspects of these trading bodies, their methods of operation and their trade links, both within and outside Singapore. The book also chats their mobility and progress, in terms of both business and social status. The research aims to construct linear threads of linkages through generations and situate them in the larger framework and broader paradigms of business networks in Singapore.

In shedding light on aspects of Indian connectivities to Southeast Asia, the narrative is particularly relevant in the context of India’s economic rise. This study raises economic, social and cultural issues regarding the transition.

Jayati Bhattacharya is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Nalanda- Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore with research interests in business history and diaspora studies in South and Southeast Asia in the modern period. She is currently the coordinator of the project on Comparative Diasporas at the Centre. Dr. Bhattacharya has received her Ph.D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi and a scholarship by the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi to pursue doctoral studies. Dr Bhattacharya has teaching experience as Lecturer in Loreto College, Darjeeling, India and as Guest Lecturer at Qingdao University, People’s Republic of China. She has also contributed articles on business history in the colonial period of Bengal.

ISBN  978-81-7304-954-5    2012   416p.   Rs.995/ pounds 60

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