Dimensions of Development in Nagaland

by C Joshua Thomas, Gurudas Das

ISBN: 9789354617348
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Imprint : Regency Publications
Year : 2024
Price : Rs. 9295.00
Biblio : xii+263p., tbles., figs., ind 25 cm

Author Profile

Joshua Thomas is the Former Deputy Director, North-Eastern Regional Centre of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (CSSR-NERC), Shillong, Meghalaya. His major works include: Sri Lanka's Turmoil and Indian Government (1995); Power to People in Meghalaya (eds.), (1998); Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities in North-East India 1947-97 (eds), (1998); Status of Social Sciences in the Vernacular Languages in North-East India (eds), (2000), Dimensions of Displaced People in North-East India (eds.), (2002). Gurudas Das is in the faculty, Department of Economics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. His major works include: Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh in Transition, (1995), Liberalise-tion and India's North- East, (eds.). (1998), Border Trade India's North-East and the Neighbouring Countries (eds.), (2000), Research Priorities in North-East India (With Special Reference to Arunachal Pradesh),(ed.), (2001).

About The Book

Who are the Nogas? How did the Nogo identity emerge? Why are they fighting against the Indian state What are the economic and social consequences of this long-drawn conflict? Can Noga struggle for Independence be traced to the under-development of the economy of Nagaland? What is the present status of development in Nagaland? What is the extent of educated unemployment in Nagaland? is large-scale unemployment fuelling the insurgent movements in the state What are the constraints of development of the economy of the state? What role is being played by the Naga students in enhancing the collective interest of the Nogas? Is there any in-built gender bias in Naga customary laws? What is the status of women in Naga society? Can the democratic political structure of the coun-try accommodate the Naga interest is there any need for a paradigm shift in Nagaland Having addressed these questions from different perspectives, this book call for a wider readership cutting across the activists, policy makers as well as academia.