Social sector development in North-East India
- New Delhi Sage Publications India 2021
- xxv, 404 p.: ill. Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents
SECTION I Introduction 1. Social Sector Development in North-east India/ Ashok Pankaj, Atul Sarma and Antora Borah
SECTION II Contexts 2. Contextualizing Social Development in North-east India/ Chandan Kumar Sharma 3. Demographic Changes in North-east India: Inter-temporal Variations in Population Growth and Composition / Bimal Kumar Kar and Suli Yohana Ayemi
SECTION III Education 4. Status of School Education in North-east India/Saket Kushwaha, Sushanta Kumar Nayak and Jumi Kalita 5. Contextualizing Educational Attainment in Assam: Reflecting on ‘Gender Gap/ Nirmali Goswami 6. Education, Modernity and Tribal Identities: Narratives of Schooling from Mishing Youths of Assam / Jayashree Doley
SECTION IV Health 7. Accessibility to Health Services in North-east India/ Sushanta Kumar Nayak and Geling Modi 8. Child Malnutrition in North-east India/ Surajit Deb
SECTION V Poverty, Unemployment and Food Security 9. Poverty in North-east India: An Overview/ Joydeep Baruah 10. Unemployment and Outmigration for Work from North-east India: How Does It Ensure Well-being?/ Kalyan Das 11. Public Food Distribution System in Riverine Villages of Assam—A Cross-section Analysis/ Rajshree Bedamatta and Mahsina Rahman
SECTION VI Governance 12. Nation State and North-east India: From Exclusion to Autonomy/ Bhupen Sarmah and Joseph K. Lalfakzuala 13. Fiscal Decentralization and Development: A Study of Autonomous District Councils in Mizoram/ Vanlalchhawna 14. Making a Case for the Formation of Regional Councils within Sixth Schedule Area/ Thongkholal Haokip
SECTION VII Challenges 15. Unique Challenges to Social Sector Development in North-east India: An Insider’s Perspective/ Patricia Mukhim
Social Sector Development in North-east India is the first comprehensive book that makes a strong case for people-centric social sector development of North-east India. This book argues that human capital formation through social sector development should be the strategic goal of development of this region, as the prospect for service sector development is much higher compared to that of the primary and secondary sectors. This needs a course correction in the erstwhile approaches of development, which has been driven by political and strategic considerations such as national security and the territorial integrity of India. This book advances an argument for a shift in approach of development policy from top-down, infrastructure-focused to bottom-up, people-centric and social sector development-focused. It also critiques the mainstream understanding of North-east India that treats it as a geographical entity and a monolithic socio-cultural society, ignoring its rich ethnic diversities, cultural pluralities and regional variations.