Neglected North-East
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Underdevelopment State of North-East. 3. Globalization and North-East India: Challenges and Opportunities. 4. Human Resource and its Status in North-East India. 5. North-East Policy in India. 6. Post-Development, Democratic Discourse and Dissensus. 7. Rethinking India\'s North-East. 8. Making Backwardness: How to Imagine the North East as a Development Deficit. 9. Culture and the Customary Law in the North-East. 10. Endogenous Development in the North Eastern Ghats. 11. India and its North-East: A New Politics of Race. 12. Security and Development in India\'s North-East. 13. Survey of Conflicts and Resolution in India\'s North-East. Bibliography. Index.
Development debates on the Northeast in mainstream Indian intellectual discourse have so far been to show the need for a top to bottom approach. Economic backwardness in the region has been seen and analysed through the lens of an a priori integrationist model over zealously and fervently working towards the creation of a monolithic discourse. Northeast India\'s rising sun is less known to the outside world for its natural wealth and charming beauty. More people known seven sister states of the region for its violence. One fifth of the 50 million population of the northeast live below poverty line. Governance is missing in most parts of the region. The local tribal leaders enjoy their seats without doing much for the people. On the other hand the leaders of northeast complain about the neglect of the region by the centre. In fact both are responsible for the worst socioeconomic stagnation in the region. This book is to meet the needs of academics, research scholars, students pursuing subjects. (jacket)
Development debates on the Northeast in mainstream Indian intellectual discourse have so far been to show the need for a top to bottom approach. Economic backwardness in the region has been seen and analysed through the lens of an a priori integrationist model over zealously and fervently working towards the creation of a monolithic discourse. Northeast India\'s rising sun is less known to the outside world for its natural wealth and charming beauty. More people known seven sister states of the region for its violence. One fifth of the 50 million population of the northeast live below poverty line. Governance is missing in most parts of the region. The local tribal leaders enjoy their seats without doing much for the people. On the other hand the leaders of northeast complain about the neglect of the region by the centre. In fact both are responsible for the worst socioeconomic stagnation in the region. This book is to meet the needs of academics, research scholars, students pursuing subjects. (jacket)
