Social Sector Development In North East India

The only book that brings together ideas and insights for social sector development of North-East India arguing for careful formulation of social development policy keeping in mind the ethnic and cultural diversities of the region.

This volume engages itself with a critical understanding of the changes taking place both at the structural and cultural levels in the northeast of India, a region which has been studied more for its instances of militancy, insurgency, and terrorism. Significant changes are examined, such as: the growth of a middle class * an accentuation of socio-economic inequalities * a sharpening of ethnic/cultural identities * the changing demographic structure * a deepening of the process of democratization * a weakening of the principle of egalitarianism * the gradual entrenchment of the principle of hierarchy. Besides this, the responses of communities to agencies and processes of social changes are the subject matter of incisive analysis. The development model is critically examined, which has been introduced in the northeast, without taking into account the sensitivities and sensibilities, of communities, leading to eruption of feelings of discontent and alienation.

Contributed papers presented at a national seminar organized by North East India Council of Social Science Research in Shillong, India.

Papers presented at the National Seminar on Rural Development in India: Prospects and Retrospect, held at St. Joseph's College, Jakhama in Nagaland, India; organized by St. Joseph's College, Jakhama, India; sponsored by University Grants Commission, North Eastern Regional Office, at India.

Selected papers presented at a seminar organised by North-East India Council for Social Science Research on the theme of problems and prospects of balanced development in North-East India and the role of North-Eastern Council at Shillong.

Contributed articles chiefly with reference to rural development in Northeastern India; includes articles on cultural history of the region.

Contributed workshop papers.

Contributed articles presented in a seminar, held during 14-15 Sept. 2007, at St. Joseph's College, Jhakama.