ABSTRACT
A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. South Asia provides one of the world's most challenging development contexts and The authors take a different approach to most traditional development texts, making the latest research teacher friendly and presenting material in an accessible manner for non-specialists.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|83 pages
Environmental challenges
chapter 2|32 pages
Modern farming, socio-environmental disasters and the displacement of traditional agriculture?
A reassessment from Ranchi District, Jharkhand
chapter 4|22 pages
Changing places
The roles of science and social science in the development of large-scale irrigation in South Asia
part Two|83 pages
The politics of development
chapter 6|22 pages
Regionalism, Decentralisation and Politics
State reorganisation in contemporary India
chapter 8|17 pages
The Eppawela phosphate controversy in Sri Lanka
Development in the context of a ‘war for peace'
part Three|89 pages
Social inequality and social change
chapter 10|24 pages
‘A fist is stronger than five fingers'
Caste and dominance in rural north India
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chapter 13|4 pages
Conclusion: Development in South Asia
Ground-truthing constructions of regional change
