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Reshma, Padinjasseriyil Shaji, and Swatil Nandan. "Customs and traditions of Kerala (India)." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2019. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/77327.

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Kerala: Gods own country. Kerala is situated in the South of India has its origin dating back to the early 10th century. As per the Hindu mythology it is believed that Kerala was created by Parasurama, by throwing his axe from GOKARN, near Karwar, Karnataka. The sea on the direction of the axe moved out and a strip of land was formed. The diverse culture of Kerala has its origin from the kings and legends who have ruled over it. The stories of lords creating miracles, the richness of spices and the melodies sung in the temples all paved a way for beautiful land of Gods. Speaking about the traditions ruling over this state, the diversity is vast. “Theyams thought be an artistic incarnation of god rules the northern region of Kerala while boat races (known as vallam kalli) predominates the south. Here are mentioned few of the infamous folklores of Kerala.

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Koduveliparambil, Jacob Joseph. "Construction practices in traditional dwellings of Kerala, India." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0005/MQ37246.pdf.

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Davis, Donald R. "The boundaries of law : tradition, 'custom, ' and politics in late medieval Kerala /." Digital version accessible at:, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Ramanatha, Iyer Sundara Rajan. "Social development in Kerala, India : illusion or reality? /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17594376.

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Ramanatha, Iyer Sundara Rajan. "Social development in Kerala, India: illusionor reality?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214575.

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Mullikottu, Veettil Mukundan. "The control of education: a multilevel analysis of continuity and change in two districts of Kerala, India." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31244634.

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Cairó, i. Céspedes Gemma. "Estat i desenvolupament econòmic: el model de Kerala (India)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/2572.

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El tema central de la tesi es l'estudi del model de Kerala en relació al paradigma del desenvolupament humà i des d'una perspectiva interdisciplinària. El model redistributiu de Kerala presenta un elevat desenvolupament social a la vegada que, especialment en els últims anys, són creixents les dificultats que el model presenta en termes sostenibilitat donat el trade-off entre creixement i distribució que el mateix presenta. En aquest treball s'estudia la vinculació del model de Kerala amb la naturalesa de l'Estat keralita i amb els trets de la seva societat. Per això el repte teòric que aquí es planteja és el paper de l'Estat en la seva relació amb el procés d'acumulació de capital en el marc d'un país subdesenvolupat com es l'Índia -i en particular de Kerala-, i com l'Estat ha estat influenciat pels diferents interessos econòmics i "no econòmics" presents a la societat. En l'estudi de l'Estat capitalista en els països subdesenvolupats cal incloure nous factors que defineixen la realitat d'aquella societat i que influeixen en la dinàmica i el funcionament de l'Estat, nous factors que no deixen de ser resultat de la coexistència d'elements arrelats en la societat tradicional i de noves institucions fruit de la modernització lligada a la penetració capitalista. La interrelació entre els beneficis econòmics i socials distribuïts per l'Estat -capaç de desenvolupar un grau d'autonomia respecte els interessos de les classes dominants- i l'elevada fragmentació de la societat i del poder fruit de l'organització i articulació de diferents grups socials, és el factor que aquesta tesi apunta com a explicatiu del model de desenvolupament. El cas de Kerala ens mostra l'especificitat d'un model on els vincles Estat-societat han quedat configurats per l'acció col.lectiva organitzada i el paper redistributiu de l'Estat en el marc d'una realitat social concreta -explicada tant per les estructures productives com per les de dominació- que s'ha anat transformant. El model de Kerala ha significat un canvi fonamental en l'esfera de la distribució encara que ha deixat inalterable la de producció, motiu pel qual la sostenibilitat de l'estatratègia comença a posar-se en qüestionament i es planteja el paper de l'Estat en la seva funció de creixement econòmic. El model de Kerala planteja importants qüestions en base a la consecució d'un major nivell de desenvolupament humà del països pobres d'acord amb les pròpies especificitats del món en desenvolupament.
La tesi queda organitzada en dues grans parts. A la primera s'exposa el context global indi en que queda emmarcada la tesi analitzant principalment l'estratègia de desenvolupament indi arrel de la independència amb objectius modernitzadors i limitada pels diferents interessos econòmics i condicionants polítics, els trets de l'economia agrícola emfatitzant els impediments al desenvolupament de la reforma agrària, la política econòmica desenvolupada pels diferents governs, la naturalesa de l'Estat indi com a Estat capitalista perifèric i la persistència de la identitat de casta en la societat índia com a element de dominació i de divisió de classe. A la segona part passa a analitzar-se el model de Kerala on després d'una breu introducció sobre les característiques geogràfiques, culturals i polítiques de l'estat, s'estudia la caracterització del model de Kerala basat en un elevat desenvolupament humà i en l'estancament econòmic. Seguidament s'analitzaran els diferents factors que han conduït a l'únic i particular model de desenvolupament que ha seguit Kerala, centrant-nos en l'organització dels diferents grups socials -a nivell de casta i de classe- i l'articulació de les seves demandes així com en el paper que ha jugat l'Estat en l'aplicació de mesures redistributives i igualitàries. A mode de conclusió es fa un repàs dels diferents capítols, exposant-se les principals conclusions a que s'ha arribat al llarg de la investigació.

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Osella, Filippo. "Caste, class, power and social mobility in Kerala, India." Thesis, Online version, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.282594.

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Nichter, M., S. Padmajam, M. Nichter, P. Sairu, S. Aswathy, G. K. Mini, V. C. Bindu, A. S. Pradeepkumar, and K. R. Thankappan. "Developing a smoke free homes initiative in Kerala, India." BioMed Central Ltd, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610301.

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BACKGROUND: Results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Kerala, India found that 42 % of adults were exposed to second hand smoke (SHS) inside the home. Formative research carried out in rural Kerala suggests that exposure may be much higher. Numerous studies have called for research and intervention on SHS exposure among women and children as an important component of maternal and child health activities. METHODS: Community-based participatory research was carried out in Kerala. First, a survey was conducted to assess prevalence of SHS exposure in households. Next, a proof of concept study was conducted to develop and test the feasibility of a community-wide smoke free homes initiative. Educational materials were developed and pretested in focus groups. After feasibility was established, pilot studies were implemented in two other communities. Post intervention, surveys were conducted as a means of assessing changes in community support. RESULTS: At baseline, between 70 and 80 % of male smokers regularly smoked inside the home. Over 80 % of women had asked their husband not to do so. Most women felt powerless to change their husband's behavior. When women were asked about supporting a smoke free homes intervention, 88 % expressed support for the idea, but many expressed doubt that their husbands would comply. Educational meetings were held to discuss the harms of second hand smoke. Community leaders signed a declaration that their community was part of the smoke free homes initiative. Six months post intervention a survey was conducted in these communities; between 34 and 59 % of men who smoked no longer smoked in their home. CONCLUSIONS: The smoke free homes initiative is based on the principle of collective efficacy. Recognizing the difficulty for individual women to effect change in their household, the movement establishes a smoke free community mandate. Based on evaluation data from two pilot studies, we can project that between a 30 and 60 % reduction of smoking in the home may be achieved, the effect size determined by how well the smoke free home steps are implemented, the characteristics of the community, and the motivation of community level facilitators.

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Harmes, Riccardo Lucian Paul. "Localism and the design of political systems." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30140.

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Localism places a special value on the local, and is increasingly prominent as a political doctrine. The literature suggests localism operates in three ways: bottom-up, top down and mutualistic. To assess its impact, localism needs to be seen within the broader context of multi-level governance. Here localism is examined in relation to three major themes: place, public value (PV), and institutional design. Regarding place, a key distinction is drawn between old and new localism. Old localism is about established local government, while new localism highlights the increasing room for manoeuvre that localities have in contemporary politics. This enables them to influence wider power structures, for example through trans-local organizing. With regard to public value, localist thinking makes a key contribution to core PV domains such as sustainability, wellbeing and democracy, as well as to others like territorial cohesion and intergovernmental mutuality. As for institutional design, the study is particularly concerned with ‘sub-continental’ political systems. A set of principles for the overall design of such systems is proposed, together with a framework of desirable policy outcomes at the local level. This can be used to evaluate how effective political systems are at creating public value in local settings. The thesis presents a comparative study of localism in two significant, sub-continental clusters: India/Kerala/Kollam and the EU/UK/England/Cornwall. Both can be seen as contrasting ‘exemplars’ of localism in action. In India, localism was a major factor in the nationwide local self-government reforms of 1993 and their subsequent enactment in the state of Kerala. In the EU, localism has been pursued through an economic federalism based on regions and sub-regions. This is at odds with the top-down tradition in British politics. The tension between the two approaches is being played out currently in the peripheral sub-region of Cornwall/Isles of Scilly. Cornwall’s dilemma has been sharpened by Britain’s recent decision to leave the EU. The thesis considers the wider implications of the case studies, and presents some proposals for policymakers and legislators to consider, together with suggestions for further research.

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Akash, Udayakumar, Skaria Skaria, and Akhilesan Adithyan Muttathara. "Unique food traditions in India and Ukraine." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2019. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/77249.

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Food traditions all over the world are different. It differs according to religion, specific culture, climate for which different spices and certain crops are produced only in a specific place. Since India and Ukraine both differ in season, climate, crops and mainly the different methods of cuisine. The aim of the article is to give the comparison between food traditions in India and Ukraine. So as to thoroughly compare the food traditions between the two countries, each comparison will be taken at each step.

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McCabe, Louise Frances Mary. "Policy transfer and policy translation : day care for people with dementia in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21547.

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This thesis explores and explains the development of day care for people with dementia in Kerala, India. The development process is framed within the context of social globalisation. The central aim of the thesis is to further build theory on how and why social policy from one context is transferred and utilised in the development of social policy in another. The theoretical constructs of policy transfer and policy translation are used to explore the development process. Policy transfer is an existing concept within policy and politics literature. Theory on the concept of policy translation is built up within the thesis using theories of literary translation. Exploration of these processes provides an explanation of the development of day care. Policy transfer and policy translation are found to take place between the UK and Kerala. Policy ideas and information from the UK are transferred and then used within the implementation of day care in Kerala. A two-part research design explores firstly policy transfer and then policy translation. Policy transfer is examined within an analytical framework developed from existing models of policy transfer. Policy translation is investigated through a comparative analysis of day care for people with dementia between the UK and Kerala. The differences between day care in the two contexts represent the changes caused by the processes of policy transfer and policy translation. The main findings of the thesis are that policy transfer and policy translation have taken place within the development of day care in Kerala. The two concepts are found to complement each other. The theoretical construct of policy translation provides additional detail and clarity on the process of policy development to that provided by policy transfer. Policy transfer and policy translation can be described as mechanisms by which social globalisation is taking place and in turn globalisation promotes these processes. The thesis concludes that the theoretical constructs of policy transfer and policy translation as developed here could be used within other research to explore the processes of globalisation.

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Menon, P. Balakrishna. "Matriliny and domestic morphology : a study of the Nair tarawads of Malabar." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0023/MQ50688.pdf.

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Veluthat, Kesavan. "The political structure of early medieval South India /." [New Delhi] : Orient Longman, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb358198528.

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Соні, Доллар, and Агравал Ануша. "Traditions, manners and customs of India, interesting facts." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2019. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/77275.

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India is a striking land with centuries of history and an amazing cultural heritage. This is a huge country in South Asia with a diverse relief: on its territory are located both the mountain peaks of the Himalayas, as well as the coast of the Indian Ocean. India is the seventh largest and second largest country in the world, which occupies most of the Hindustan peninsula and is the cradle of ancient civilizations and religions. India is an original and original country. For the traveler who has come here for the first time, it will be interesting and useful to learn some interesting traditions of India. In this country, respect for traditions is very enthusiastic, they pass it from generation to generation, and ignorance or violation of any tradition of India can even be regarded as a crime.

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Anand, Prathivadi B. "Violence and urbanisation: The Kerala-Bihar paradox and beyond." University of Bradford. Department of Development and Economic Studies, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3542.

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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to examine the alleged association between urbanisation and violence and to take some preliminary steps towards an exploration of the role of trust in improving urban governance and thus reduce violence. In this paper, violence is interpreted broadly to include both active or direct violence but also passive and social violence in terms of lack of voice, and as a symptom of governance failure. The paper includes a cross section analysis based on data for some 123 countries and an in-depth case study of India. I will also examine what may be termed as the Kerala-Bihar paradox. Kerala is well-known for its achievements in human development and according to India human development report of 2001, Kerala is ranked 1 on human development indicators while Bihar is among the states lagging behind in terms of human development. However, state level analysis of crime suggests that Kerala is more criminalised than Bihar. In examining this paradox, some inferences are drawn on the role of trust in improving accountable governance and how this may result in reducing violent crime. Some issues for further research are identified.

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Aranha, Mark. "Jews and Mappilas of Kerala: A study of their history and selected song traditions." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33626.

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This dissertation restudies the history and selected archival musical recordings relating to the Jews and Mappila Muslims on the Malabar coast of Kerala, India. These two communities arose out of transoceanic migrations and interactions over the longue durée, and in reconstructing their past, this work aims to uncover traces of their links to each other and to others across the seas. This is a part of a larger project, Re-Centring AfroAsia, which seeks to trace human and musical migrations between 700-1500CE. Previous studies, apart from suffering from colonial biases, have tended to focus on a single religion, a single community, or a single discipline, with the aesthetic fields remaining largely untapped as a source. This work combines diverse sources and methodologies – using a musical archive, restudies, field interviews, field recordings, as well as a range of secondary sources, and crosses over multiple fields of study. The field research threw up certain inadequacies in the existing secondary literature, which this dissertation has attempted to untangle: 1) Ideas and reform movements of the twentieth century have affected the interpretation of past cultural practices in Malabar. This is true of studies of both Jews and Mappila Muslims. 2) The role of Sufism and Sufi tariqats in the propagation of Islam in Malabar has been historically underplayed in the literature. The influence of Jewish mystics on the Malabari Jewish community is also rarely identified as such. 3) While the Mappilas' links with Arab nations are known, their Tamil roots are relatively understudied. The latter emerged in my restudy of the archival music selection. 4) A minority of elite Jews in Kerala seem to have taken over the historical narrative of the entire group, skewing almost all secondary literature right from the early colonial period into the twentieth century. It is apparent that the Malabari Jews have been denied a voice in most of these works, and so my field work with the Jews primarily focused on this subgroup.

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Abraham, Jose 1970. "Modernity, Islamic reform, and the Mappilas of Kerala : the contributions of Vakkom Moulavi (1873-1932)." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=115598.

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The socio-economic and political changes effected in Kerala by the British and colonial discourse at the beginning of the twentieth century challenged traditional structures of power. This eventually resulted in social mobility within various communities which, as a result, embraced modernity and began to pursue modern education. However, Mappila Muslims' long-standing tradition of struggle against colonial powers and their hatred of British rule had led them to resist the modernization process and consequently become more socially and educationally backward than other communities in Kerala. It was in this context that Vakkom Muhammad Abdul Khadir Moulavi (1873-1932), who is acknowledged as the "father" of the Muslim socio-religious reform movement in Kerala, undertook to persuade Mappilas to embrace various aspects of modernity, especially modern education. Based mainly on primary sources written in Malayalam, this pioneering study argues that Vakkom Moulavi's thought was largely shaped by the colonial discourse on modernity. It shows how he reinterpreted Islamic principles and Muslim history using the framework of the rational, secular, universal humanism of the European Enlightenment. One result of this was that his reinterpretation precluded the possibility of understanding Islam as discursive tradition, which in turn reified Islam and negated the potential vibrancy of Islamic societies. At the same time his championing of modern education as a means to modernization eventually tore traditional Muslim education from its historical and cultural roots. The study also demonstrates that, because he saw the state is a key agent in the modernization process, he was keen to educate people about their rights and responsibilities. In sum, this analysis of Vakkom Moulavi's career demonstrates that, in order to understand the intellectual framework and activities of modern socio-religious reform movements, these latter need to be studied in the light of colonial discourse on modernity.

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Brush, Shayla. "Political Participation Contrasted in India: A Contextual Comparison Between Kerala and Biha." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20327.

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State processes and programs are often constructed and implemented with the intention to ameliorate the lives of the inhabitants living within those borders. However, in order for citizens to benefit from these programs and processes, for example, anti-poverty programs and decentralization projects, their participation is a necessity. But societal contexts in which citizen participation occurs vary to great extents. It is important then to investigate these differences so as to further our understanding of the workings of participation. This research conducts a comparative analysis between two states in India, Kerala and Bihar, of contextual factors impacting participation. It shows that both trust in the state as well as formal education affect the level of participation of the population. This research engages with and attempts to add to the literature of participatory development by analyzing and explaining some of the impact that context has on participation of inhabitants.

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Busby, Cecilia Jane. "Gender, exchange and person in a fishing community in Kerala, South India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1995. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2451/.

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This thesis sets out to explore the nature of gender relations in a fishing community in South India. Among the Mukkuvar of Kerala, sea fishing in small artisanal craft is carried out by men, while women take responsibility for selling fish in the markets, and control household finances. Women are particularly prominent in dealing with credit, essential to a fishing economy where incomes fluctuate daily, and are also involved in day to day exchanges of fish, money, childcare and small gifts which link households, especially those related through women, in a web of interdependency. The thesis looks at how transactions and exchange between people are understood in terms of gender. The strict sexual division of labour within this fishing economy leads to a series of gendered exchanges within the household between husband and wife, of fish, money, food, labour and sex. There is here an unusual emphasis on the husband wife relationship, which is an important site of demonstration and constitution of gender difference, but which is also the site of merging of the different potentialities represented by women and men into one productive and reproductive unit. Gendered opposition is seen as leading to interdependence and complementarity, an understanding vividly expressed in the idea that husband and wife are said to be two halves of the whole, and to become "one body". This idea of gender opposition and complementarity seen in exchange is found also in the understanding of relatedness which I argue underlies the kinship system. Here people are related through both women and men, but differently, so that the difference gender makes in tracing relatedness can be seen to give rise to the Dravidian kinship terminology and the associated practice of cross cousin marriage. At the heart of Mukkuvar ideas of both exchange and relatedness lies an understanding of gender difference which is categorical, and focused on ideas of substance and bodily difference, which in turn is seen to give rise to different potentials for transaction and performance.

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Uchiyamada, Yasushi. "Sacred grove (Kaavu) : ancestral land of landless agricultural labourers' in Kerala, India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283506.

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Rao, Madhuri Madhava. "The architecture of Laurie Baker in Kerala, India : space, experience and meaning." Kansas State University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36080.

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Kunze, Isabelle [Verfasser]. "The social organisation of land use change in Kerala, South India / Isabelle Kunze." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2016. http://d-nb.info/1122041535/34.

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Jose, Babu. "Dental caries and oral hygiene practices of children and caregivers in Kerala, India." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31954224.

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Kumar, B. G. "Poverty and public policy : Government intervention and levels of living in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384695.

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Gangadharan, Asha. "Paradoxes of agricultural transformation : changing gender roles and power relations in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7459.

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This research examines the paradoxes of agricultural transformation of national and Indian and local (Kerala) in the post-reform period of economic liberalisation since 1990 in Kerala, India. The research was conducted in four locations in Kerala - Ambalavayal and Thomatchal (composite village) in the highland region, Thathamangalam in the midland region, Karamuck in the lowland region and Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. It employs a mixed methodological approach and takes a postructuralist feminist stance focussing on women’s differences. It addresses current gaps in the literature on women’s informal agricultural and key issues of space, differences and power relations and makes a contribution to gender, development and globalisation debates in South Asia. The research reveals that women have generally borne the brunt of agricultural transformation and the impact on their farm roles has been paradoxical in terms of their inclusion and exclusion. However, these impacts vary across different geographical locations of highland, midland and lowland and for women of different caste and ethnicity groups, although marginalised low caste remain particularly affected. Changes to farm roles have been paralleled by shifting gender power relations at the household scale, which varied for women of different age groups. Old and middle-aged women have experienced a reversal in gender equalities whilst young women are withdrawing into domesticity and have limited economic empowerment, despite gaining considerable social empowerment. This reveals a paradoxical situation of (some) women becoming socially empowered alongside their inability to bargain on the farm and within the household. In particular, the research identifies a shift from caste to class-based alliances of ‘Sanskritisation’. These debates of crisis of development and paradoxes of women’s empowerment in Kerala have much to contribute to general debates about gender and development elsewhere.

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Osella, Caroline. "Making hierarchy natural the cultural construction of gender and maturity in Kerala, India /." Thesis, Online version, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.282619.

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Wilson, Caroline H. "The commodification of health care in Kerala, South India : science, consumerism and markets." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/2371/.

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In India, alongside Information Technology, health care has become a leading sector in the country‘s development as a 'knowledge economy' (World Bank 2005). One of the major achievements and beacons of economic reform is the growth of some of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. This thesis examines the social processes shaping the expansion of the private health care system in the state of Kerala, South India, where large corporate hospitals and 'super-speciality' medicine have spread throughout urban and many rural areas. It explores the intersections between the local and the global, as the health system becomes the major driver of industrial development, unevenly linking the local health care system to the global marketplace for technologies, health care professionals and patients. It examines the three faces of the health care system in Kerala - as a knowledge industry and route to social mobility for the middle classes, in particular doctors and nurses; secondly, as a consumer economy, as people prioritise spending on health care and shop for treatment in the urban marketplace; and finally as a moral economy, as people develop high levels of dependency on doctors, hospitals and technologies in the hope of receiving good health care. The ethnography is set in Malabar, Northern Kerala, where the expansion of private health care has been financed by remittances from migration to the Arabian Gulf countries. The thesis examines the influence of migration and economic reforms on local ecologies of health and health care; the impact of the globalisation of trade in health services in the developing world; the relationship between the private health care system and the middle classes in South Asia; and the role of markets in the delivery of health services. Based on 18 months of participant observation across the urban and rural health care market with local communities of doctors and patients, it examines how doctors and patients adjust to a changing ecology and economy of health care.

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Martin, Paul J. (Paul John) 1972. "Looking beyond decentralization : local institutional innovations for rural water supply in Kerala, India." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68373.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-100).
With deterioration and neglect of large, centrally planned rural water schemes, alternative institutional arrangements for rural water management have focused on devolution of authority for decision making, design and operations to local governments. The aims of this reform are, in part, to increase the responsiveness of rural water providers to customers' demand preferences, as well as to increase transparency of operations, in order to reduce corruption. An in-depth analysis of three devolved rural water schemes under the People's Plan policy framework in Kerala, India provides evidence to suggest that achieving greater responsiveness and transparency is a result of more complex institutional arrangements that are neither purely devolved nor purely central. Localizing decision making holds promise for incorporating beneficiaries in decision making processes, thus providing better demand information to the provider and creating incentives for the provider to respond to this information. Monitoring of local service providers must be a concerted effort of many different sources, including users as well as external bodies, in order to provide a credible deterrent to misconduct.
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Thomas, Jaison. "Church Ministry Formation in Protestant Theological Education : The Contemporary Debate in Kerala, India." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501413.

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Thankachan, Briju. "Concerns of Teachers: Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-Enabled Instruction in Kerala, India." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1385465581.

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Baak, Paul Erik. "Plantation production and political power : plantation development in South-west India in a long-term historical perspective, 1743-1963." Delhi ; Calcutta ; Chennai [etc.] : Oxford university press, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb375300224.

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Thalberg, Pedersen Nathalie, and Linda Staflund. "Innovating in 'the dream-factory' : social change through mindset-change: evidence from Kerala, India." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-22567.

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Background The mindset of an individual is made up by perception and motivation. Motivation is in turn driven by personal experiences, values and goals. Many times, a personal experience can act as a ‘Gandhi-moment’ or a triggering event to take action towards achieving a specific outcome. For a social entrepreneur, this outcome is many times some type of positive social change. In order for the social entrepreneur to create this, he or she needs to be innovative and creative, and therefore stay open towards new opportunities and perspectives to not get stuck in a particular mindset. Purpose The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the role of personal experiences and a person’s mindset in the start-up of a social project. Furthermore, the study aims to explore how a change in one’s mindset can result in social projects or enterprises that are successfully able to create social change. Method The research approach of the thesis takes the form of a multiple case study; one main large case and four illustrative smaller ones. The data analysis is of abductive style, going back and forth between theory and empirical data. Conclusion It can be concluded that personal experiences can serve as a motivational platform for an individual starting a project or enterprise, aiming to create a social change. However, other elements of a person’s mindset will also influence this process, in terms motivation and perception. Furthermore, for changes in society to occur, changes first needs to be made from within. Therefore, in order for a social entrepreneur to create actual social change; he or she needs to go through a process of mindset-change.

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Kaimal, Kiren G. "Light: Journey of a Lifetime." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2008. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/709.

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This thesis covers the lessons I've learned throughout film school and how I have applied them towards the making of my thesis film, the 12-minute narrative short, Light, shot on digital video. Every aspect of the filmmaking process is covered including my education at UNO and its application to my thesis. Areas covered include the writing process, pre-production, production, and post-production. The one area that is omitted is distribution, something that was not taught at UNO and something that I am in the process of doing. Keywords: Film Production MFA Short Film India Kerala

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Thankappan, K. R., G. K. Mini, Meena Daivadanam, G. Vijayakumar, P. S. Sarma, and Mark Nichter. "Smoking cessation among diabetes patients: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial in Kerala, India." BioMed Central, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610095.

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BACKGROUND:India has the second largest diabetic population (61 million) and tobacco users (275 million) in the world. Data on smoking cessation among diabetic patients are limited in low and middle income countries. The objective of the study was to document the effectiveness of diabetic specific smoking cessation counseling by a non-doctor health professional in addition to a cessation advice to quit, delivered by doctors.METHODS:In our parallel-group randomized controlled trial, we selected 224 adult diabetes patients aged 18 years or older who smoked in the last month, from two diabetes clinics in South India. Using a computer generated random sequence with block size four
the patients were randomized equally into intervention-1 and intervention-2 groups. Patients in both groups were asked and advised to quit smoking by a doctor and distributed diabetes specific education materials. The intervention-2 group received an additional diabetes specific 30 minutes counseling session using the 5As (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist and Arrange), and 5 Rs (Relevance, Risks, Rewards, Roadblocks and Repetition) from a non-doctor health professional. Follow up data were available for 87.5% of patients at six months. The Quit Tobacco International Project is supported by a grant from the Fogarty International Centre of the US National Institutes of Health (RO1TW005969-01).The primary outcomes were quit rate (seven day smoking abstinence) and harm reduction (reduction of the number of cigarettes / bidis smoked per day > 50% of baseline use) at six months.RESULTS:In the intention to treat analysis, the odds for quitting was 8.4 95% confidence interval (CI): 4.1-17.1] for intervention-2 group compared to intervention-1 group. Even among high level smokers the odds of quitting was similar. The odds of harm reduction was 1.9 (CI: 0.8-4.1) for intervention-2 group compared to intervention-1 group.CONCLUSIONS:The value addition of culturally sensitive diabetic specific cessation counseling sessions delivered by non-doctor health professional was an impressive and efficacious way of preventing smoking related diabetic complications.TRIAL REGISTRATION:Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI/2012/01/002327)

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Jaison, Jessy. "Women Training in Protestant Theological Institutions : A Critical Appraisal of Contextual Challenges in Kerala, India." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501285.

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Thaikoodan, Joseph. "Education and rural development in India since Independence in 1947 : with special reference to Kerala." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1985. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019576/.

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In 1947, when India became independent, she had a new Constitution which embodied hopes for a better future for all Indian citizens and a range of institutions which represented the historical heritage of India. These institutions included the ancient Hindu caste system, and village government, and a great number of administrative systems established by the British. The school system was an integral part of the British system of administration. Chapters Two and Three of this thesis explore the problem which was brought about by the change in normative aims introduced by tne Constitution and the lack of change in the institutions. They also look at the different ways in which the new norms were interpretea, particulary the different views of modernisation taken by Nehru and Gandhi. Chapters Four and Five deal with the First and Second Five Year Plans respectively. The Five Year Plans are treated as tentative solutions to the problem set out in the early chapters. Although the first plan incorporated some of the rhetoric of Gandhi, the main tnrust of both plans was in line with Nehru's vision of the development of India. The chapters not only look at the general plan frames and the provisions made in the plans, but also look at the beneficiaries of the plans. For the most part the plans benefitted tne better off, and failed to provide for the basic needs, for food, housing, health, clothing and employment of the poorest sections of society, especially the rural poor. Education, and the close coordination between the education system and government and business administration, helped to ensure that those who had access to the traditional educational system had preference in the competition for housing, health and work. Chapter Six deals with education in detail. Kerala offers a unique opportunity to stuay the relationship between education and development. Education has played an important part in the development of Kerala, which on many indeces has a very highly educated population; literacy rates are high, and the state of Kerala has a very high number of newspapers. But while the high level of education is reflected in some otner indicators, it has not produced economic growth, and Kerala has one of the lowest per capita incomes among the States of India. Chapter Seven examines the relationship of education and development in Kerala. The concluding chapter of this thesis draws together the criticisms of the current system of education of India, and proposes a system of education based on problem-solving, to help supply the basic needs of all India's population.

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Samuel, Lina. "Women in the fishing economies of Kerala, India, an examination of their day-to-day experiences." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0011/MQ31866.pdf.

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Balchin, Kevin. "Local perspectives through distant eyes : an exploration of English language teaching in Kerala in Southern India." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2017. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/16296/.

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This thesis examines professionalism of English language teaching (ELT) in one particular setting, the state of Kerala in southern India. It reveals that there is an independent and unrecognised professionalism amongst ELT professionals in the setting. This includes a lack of recognition of the efficacy of methods and approaches traditionally used in the setting and a lack of recognition of the informal professional development that is happening in the setting. This professionalism is unrecognised by local ELT professionals because of their belief in ‘Western TESOL’. I am only able recognise it when I learn, through an autoethnography of my own professionalism, to put aside my own preoccupations with ‘Western TESOL’. The initial objective of this study was to attempt to gain insights into local perspectives surrounding ELT methodology and teacher education, set against a background of a perceived need for methodological change in the setting. However, once the study had begun, it became clear that my own professional background and experiences, my ‘Western TESOL’ ‘professional baggage’, combined with the fact that I was coming into the setting as an outsider, seeing it through distant eyes, was affecting the ways in which I was viewing the setting and interpreting the events happening within it. As I began to offload some of this ‘professional baggage’, realising that my ‘Western TESOL’ understanding of the setting did not necessarily match local participants’ understandings of it, I began to question and re-evaluate the data I had collected. For example, I realised that I was focusing on what I saw as the negative aspects of what I was observing and being told about ELT in the setting, and comparing these to approaches to ELT in ‘Western TESOL’ settings that I was more familiar with. Over time, I began to look at these same aspects in a more positive light, seeing different perspectives and valuing what I was seeing or being told in different ways. My re-evaluations of the data from the setting over time also thus became a focus of the study. The study as a whole is therefore ethnographic in terms of attempting to understand local perspectives, using open-ended questionnaire, classroom observation, interview and field note data, with an autoethnographic dimension to acknowledge the influence of my own distant eyes perspective in understanding these local perspectives. It brings into focus how I, as a researcher, through re-evaluating my own data and as a result gaining greater insight into my own positioning, was able to give credit to different perspectives on the data collected, particularly the data from classroom observations and teacher accounts of practice, and in the light of this to offer possible ways forward for ELT in the setting. It has implications for local ELT professionals in terms of understanding and appreciating their own professionalism. It also has implications for TESOL professionals in unfamiliar settings in terms of the need to understand the complexity of these settings, rather than make hasty judgments about local practices, particularly in the case of ‘Western TESOL’ professionals working in ‘non-Western TESOL’ settings. It may therefore be of interest both to ‘Western’ teachers, teacher trainers and academics working or researching, or intending to work or carry out research, in settings with which they are not familiar, particularly ‘non-Western TESOL’ settings, and to local TESOL professionals and academics in the setting for the study.

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Ramkumar, S. N. "The analysis of farmer information systems for feeding dairy cattle in two villages of Kerala State, India." Thesis, University of Reading, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240285.

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Nair, M. Chandrasekharan. "Open distance learning aspects of adult basic education in the UK and their implications for Kerala (India)." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242577.

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Mohan, Soumya. "An assessment of the ecological and socioeconomic benefits provided by homegardens a case study of Kerala, India /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0007640.

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McMinn, Miranda. "Tourism, coastal livelihoods, vulnerability and governance in South India : tourism, actors and artisanal marine fishers in Varkala, Kerala." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2006. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/tourism-coastal-livelihoods-vulnerability-and-governance-in-south-india--tourism-actors-and-artisanal-marine-fishers-in-varkala-kerala(abd7d183-864b-4d7a-8321-218057749837).html.

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Tresse, Anja. "The Impact of Female Political Leaders on Attitudes towards Gender Equality and Violence : - Survey evidence from Kerala, India." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-381795.

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Studies have repeatedly reported that states with higher levels of gender equality are more peaceful. Similarly, research has shown that individuals who hold feminist attitudes also hold more peaceful attitudes. This paper argues that there is a lack of studies on the relationship between gender equality and peaceful attitudes on the individual level. Building upon studies suggesting that gender equality is key in working towards peace, this paper investigates whether female political leaders can affect attitudes to gender equality and to violence. By integrating experimental components in a comparative case study, this study gathered survey-evidence from two villages in Kerala, India. The findings suggest that continuous exposure to female political leaders lead to more approving attitudes of gender equality but does not find enough support suggesting that attitudes towards violence are affected.

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Silvestri, Laura. "Scorrere come un fiume : pratiche e teorie del corpo in movimento nel kalarippayattu, arte marziale del Kerala (India)." Paris, EHESS, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013EHES0570.

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Cette thèse concerne une technique corporelle originaire de l'Inde du sud, connue comme un art martial sous le nom de kalarippayattu et pratiquée dans une région incluse en bonne partie dans l'état du Kerala, où elle a été systématisée et codifiée dans les années 30 en devenant l'un des emblèmes culturels de cet état. Echappant aux tentatives de catégorisation, le kalarippayattu s'intègre actuellement à plusieurs logiques sociales, en particulier celles du sport, de la médecine et des arts du spectacle, et attire de plus un public non indien. L'étude se propose de réfléchir sur la pratique, la transmission et les représentations du kalarippayattu, en le considérant comme une discipline corporelle intrinsèquement transnationale, et en se focalisant spécialement sur les conceptions du corps qui sont sous-jacentes à sa pratique. L'ethnographie s'appuie sur une enquête conduite dans la partie nord du Kerala, en utilisant comme principal outil méthodologique l'observation participante, accompagnée d'entretiens ponctuels. L'une des idées clés de cette discipline s'avère être la fluidité, tant au niveau physiologique, où s'imposent des conceptions humorales qui assignent une importance fondamentale à la circulation correcte des fluides corporels (dosa), qu'au niveau de la pratique; où la qualité des apprentis est évaluée selon leur capacité à bouger de façon fluide (olukku) et sans effort apparent. La fluidité caractérise également les représentations théoriques, et spécialement les conceptions du corps, qui peuvent intégrer plusieurs concepts communs à d'autres savoirs (le yoga, la médecine ayurvédique, la médecine siddha plus particulièrement)
The thesis deals with a south-Indians bodily discipline known as a partial art under the name of kalarippayattu, and practiced in an area zalmost entirely comprised within the borders of the Kerala state, where it was systematised and codified in the thirties, thus becoming one of Kerala's cultural emblems. Escaping, attempts at categorisation, nowadays' kalarippayattu enters several social arenas, such as sport, performance art, and medicine, and attracts growing publics from outside Kerala and India. This study explores the practice, transmission, and representations of kalarippayattu, taking it as an intrisically transnational bodily discipline, and focusing on the conceptions of the body underpinning its practice. The ethnographic enquiry was carried out in Northern Kerala, using participant observation as the main ethnographical method, and interviews as a complementary one. One key-idea of kalarippayattu is fluidity. Humoral conceptions underlining kalarippayattu assign a fundamental importance to the correct circulation of vital fluids (dosa) within the body. At the practical level, moreover, the ability to move fluently and effortless (olukku) is most valued. Fluidity also characterises theory, and especially conceptions on the body in kalarippayattu, where concepts also existing in several other domains, such as yoga, ayurvedic medicine and siddha medicine, are integrated and reworked

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Menon, Nikhila. "Mobility and pathways to autonomy of women : a study of informal workers in fisheries sector in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/mobility-and-pathways-to-autonomy-of-women-a-study-of-informal-workers-in-fisheries-sector-in-kerala-india(fef45318-9e2d-4936-a9cd-33c16e81d60d).html.

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Mobility and Pathways to Autonomy of Women: A study of informal workers in fisheries sector in Kerala, India Mobility defined as the freedom and ability to move has intrinsic and instrumental values in promoting human development. Paid work which involves mobility associated with work can be a ‘capability-enhancing’ experience when such mobility improves opportunities and enhances freedoms. However, the existing studies have neither examined nor measured mobility with its multiple domains for women. My thesis fills this gap in research by exploring the multiple domains of gendered mobility by measuring mobility as a single construct and analysing whether mobility is a ‘capability’ for women workers which improves autonomy and agency. It is inter-disciplinary as it is situated at the confluence of development studies, human geography and sociological disciplines. The following features of the thesis make it unique in the development studies discipline. First, the contextual setting is unique as it is based in Kerala, which is a socially progressive state in India. The thesis unearths the underlying structural constraints in the Kerala model of social development for transformation of women workers under patriarchy. It is a comparative study which examines the household autonomy and agency of two types of informal women workers in the post-harvest fisheries, namely ‘peeling workers’ linked to production chains and ‘fish vendors’ who are self-employed. Second, the capability approach provides the theoretical framework for the analysis of mobility of women as capability and it introduces a new concept of ‘transformational mobility’. By examining mobility using the Rasch Rating Scale Model (RSM) for the first time in development studies, the thesis operationalises capability measurement by introducing the measurement scale of mobility of women workers which empirically delineates the multiple domains of mobility based on the constraints faced by women. Third, the mixed methods research design using survey data and qualitative interviews of women workers provide better insight and contextual understanding of women’s work. An innovative method, namely, the Crisp set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (CsQCA), explores the causal mechanisms that bring about ‘transformational mobility’ in women workers. The thesis empirically proves the significance of social and human capital factors like caste, low education of spouse and marital status along with the underlying patriarchal structures that determine pathways to transformational mobility and decision making of women. Lastly, the qualitative analysis using classic grounded theory contributes to the emergence of substantive theories for women workers which reflect contrasting agentic behaviour of peeling workers and fish vendors in the context of Kerala. The lack of collective agency among peeling workers questions the claims of Kerala model of development in improving the agency of women. The findings confirm that work mobility associated with informal low paid work is not necessarily a capability for women in fisheries.

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Connolly, P. "The concept of prana in Vedic literature and its development in the Vedanta, Samkhya and Pancaratra traditions." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234030.

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Manavalli, Krishna K. "Invented traditions and regional identities --- a study of the cultural formations of South India --- 1856-1990s." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Vazhalanickal, V. P. "The Differences in school performance between Tamil Brahmin and Malabar Muslim children in Kerala, India: a socio-cultural approach." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492192.

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Peters, Sanjay Victor. "To what extent has there been a tradeoff between achieving human development objectives and economic growth in Kerala, India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613041.

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