In pursuit of the good life : aspiration and suicide in globalizing South India

In pursuit of the good life : aspiration and suicide in globalizing South India / Jocelyn Lim Chua.

"Once celebrated as a model development for its progressive social indicators, the southern Indian state of Kerala has earned the new distinction as the nation's suicide capital, with suicide rates soaring to triple the national average since 1990. Rather than an aberration on the path to...

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Main Author: Chua, Jocelyn Lim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Suicide > Social aspects > India > Kerala.
East Indians > India > Kerala > Psychology.
East Indians > India > Kerala > Social conditions.
Suicide.
Sociology.
Social problems.
Social sciences.
Medical care.
Human behavior.
Social change.
suicides.
sociology.
social issues.
social sciences.
human behavior.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Suicide
Sociology
Social sciences
Social problems
Social change
Medical care
Human behavior
East Indians > Psychology
East Indians > Social conditions
Economic history
Social conditions
Suicide > Social aspects
Kerala (India) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Kerala (India) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
India > Kerala
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