User:Amykuriakose

My name is Amy Kuriakose, and I am a current senior at Rice University double majoring in Environmental Science and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and minoring in Poverty, Justice, & Human Capabilities. My academic interests include environmental justice issues, health inequities, caste-based discrimination, and other social justice issues. I am also from Wiess College (TFW!) and in my free time, I like to bike, draw, and enjoy good sunsets. Last semester (August - December 2021) I revised the Wikipedia article on racial capitalism extensively since it was underdeveloped and the concept is one I am interested in, especially after discussing it in previous classes in the context of environmental racism.

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Spring 2022 Topic: Kerala model

The Kerala model has been discussed as a strong model of development in PJHC classes and others I have taken before and I would like to use this opportunity to learn more about it while also contributing to Wikipedia. The current article is rated as C-Class and is underdeveloped in many of its sections. I would like to incorporate sections with specific case studies or policies that support important sections like “Health care” and “State policy” (both sections that could be developed significantly). In addition, I would like to analyze the influence of politics and political parties on the development policies that have come to constitute the Kerala model, specifically, the influences of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) parties. In my analysis, I would also like to examine the role of political corruption in Kerala, which has a strong impact on both dominating parties’ behaviors and policies. Incorporating some gender analysis into the sections and also as a separate section would also greatly improve the article since it currently lacks a robust gender analysis, though Kerala’s historically matrilineal society is mentioned. As a Malayalee, I also have some personal interest in the article considering my background and am excited to learn more about the Kerala model.

References:

Chathukulam, Jos, and Joseph Tharamangalam. 2021. “The Kerala Model in the Time of COVID19: Rethinking State, Society and Democracy.” World Development 137 (January): 105207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105207.

Chaudhuri, Tapoja. 2017. “Revisiting the ‘Kerala Model’: Place-Making, Environmentalism and Regional Pride in the Periyar Tiger Reserve.” Journal of South Asian Development 12 (2): 155–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973174117714941.

Franke, Richard W., and Barbara H. Chasin. 1995. “Kerala State: A Social Justice Model.” Multinational Monitor 16 (7–8): 25–29.

———. 1998. “The Kerala Model of Development A Debate (Part 1).” Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars 30 (3): 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.1998.10411051.

Kannan, K. P., and N. Viyayamohanan Pillai. 2004. “Development as a Right to Freedom : An Interpretation of the ‘Kerala Model.’” https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/3065.

Muraleedharan, Manesh, and Alaka Omprakash Chandak. 2021. “Emerging Challenges in the Health Systems of Kerala, India: Qualitative Analysis of Literature Reviews.” Journal of Health Research ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-04-2020-0091.

Oommen, M. A. 2008. “Reforms and the Kerala Model.” Economic and Political Weekly 43 (2): 22–25.

Raman, K. Ravi. 2010. Development, Democracy and the State: Critiquing the Kerala Model of Development. Routledge.

“Satheesh - Red-Green Rows Exploring the Conflict between Lab.Pdf.” n.d. Accessed January 27, 2022. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10186&context=etd.

Satheesh, Silpa. n.d. “Red-Green Rows: Exploring the Conflict between Labor and Environmental Movements in Kerala, India,” 277.

Simister, John. 2011. “Assessing the ‘Kerala Model’: Education Is Necessary but Not Sufficient.” Journal of South Asian Development 6 (1): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/097317411100600101.

Steur, Luisa. 2009. “Adivasi Mobilisation: ‘Identity’ versus ‘Class’ after the Kerala Model of Development?” Journal of South Asian Development 4 (1): 25–44.

Véron, René. 2001. “The ‘New’ Kerala Model: Lessons for Sustainable Development.” World Development 29 (4): 601–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00119-4.