CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS V
3. LIST OF FIGURES VII
4. MAP VIII
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
6. PART I INTRODUCTION
7. Introduction – RESEARCH AND ACTIVISM IN, ON, AND BEYOND A CAPITALIST WORLD SYSTEM 3
8. PART II ADIVASINESS AND ITS DISCONTENTS
9. Chapter 1 – THE “TRIBE” IN WORLD TIME 31
10. Chapter 2 – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ADIVASI 67
11. PART III CONTENTION AND CONFLICT AT THE END OF A REFORMIST CYCLE
12. Chapter 3 – ELECTORAL COMMUNISM AND ITS CRITICS 111
13. Chapter 4 – WIDENING CIRCLES OF POLITICAL DISIDENTIFICATION 155
14. Chapter 5 – SALARIED BUT SUBALTERN: ON THE VULNERABILITY OF SOCIAL MOBILITY 189
15. Chapter 6 – ADIVASI LABOR: OF WORKERS WITHOUT WORK 212
16. Chapter 7 – THE (DIS)PLACEMENTS OF CLASS 251
17. GLOSSARY 263
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 268
19. INDEX 280