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

"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
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Suicide > Social aspects > India > Kerala. East Indians > India > Kerala > Psychology. East Indians > India > Kerala > Social conditions. Kerala (India) > Social conditions > 21st century. Kerala (India) > Economic conditions > 21st century. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare. Electronic books.
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