Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Kerala Model: situating the critique / K. Ravi Raman -- Caste, public action and the Kerala Model / K.T. Rammohan -- 'Community' as de-imagining nation: relocating the Ezhava movement in Kerala / J. Reghu -- Negotiating the Hindu state and nationalism: travails in the making of a community / M.M. Khan -- Freedom, economic reform and the Kerala 'Model' / M.A. Oommen -- On the periphery: Muslims and the Kerala Model / M. Kabir -- Learning to learn: Dalit education in Kerala / Roshni Padmanabhan -- Thinking through CT scanners: the value(s) of imaging technologies in Kerala / Caroline Wilson -- Asian Development Bank, conditionalities and the social democratic governance: Kerala Model under pressure? / K. Ravi Raman -- The conjuncture of 'late socialism' in Kerala: a critique of the narrative of social democracy / Nissim Mannathukkaren -- Empowerment or politicization? The limits of gender inclusiveness of Kerala's political decentralization / J. Devika, Binitha V. Thampi -- The institutionalization of dowry in Kerala: feminine identity, conjugal patronage and development / Praveena Kodoth -- 'Caring' cosmopolitans and global migration: plus ça change? / Shoba Arun -- Adivasi workers' struggles and the Kerala Model: interpreting the past, confronting the present / Luisa Steur -- Social space, civil society and transformative politics of new social movements in Kerala / T.T. Sreekumar, Govindan Parayil.