Introduction, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; PART I: MARGIN/CENTER DYNAMICS, Introduction to Part I, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 1: Cultural Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: Situating Cultural Practices of the Marginal Communities In India, Rahul Ghai and Sanjay Kumar;; 2: Humiliation: Politics and Cultural Psychology of the Limits of Human Degradation, Ashis Nandy;; 3: Pollution, Subsistence,Sustainability in USA Nationalism: The Symbolic Construction of 'Appalachia' as America's 'trash' People, Betsy Taylor;; 4: Livelihoods and Cultural Codes: Pork and Pigs in Indian Culture, Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp; PART II: CULTURAL PRACTICES,Introduction to PART II, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 5: The Potential of Fair Trade for Bio-Cultural Regeneration: The Case of the Oro Verde cooperative in Peru, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 6: Representation, Resistance, and Identity: The Musahards of the Middle Gangetic Plain, Sanjay Kumar, Arvind Mishra, Badri Narayan, and Rafiul Ahmed;; 7: Seeking Begumpura: Radical Bhakti and Dalit Social Movements, Gail Omvedt;; 8: Qissa Mir-e-Alam: Experiences ofreinvigorating sufiyana qalam tradition with marginalized musicians, Rahul Ghai;; PART III: QUESTIONING THE CAPABILITY APPROACH, Introduction to Part III, Frédérique Apffel-Marglin;; 9: Culture Matters in the Knowledge Economy, Linda TuhiwaiSmith;; 10: How can the Capability Approach be used to Serve Marginalized Communities at the Grassroots Level?, Ingrid Robeyns;; 11: Language Disadvantage and Capability Deprivation of Tribal Mother Tongue Speakers, Ajit Mohanty;; 12: . From Imperialism to Globalization by Way of Development, Stephen Marglin.