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OverviewLinking India and Eastern Neighbours: Development in the Northeast and Borderlands studies different aspects of India’s bilateral relations with neighbouring countries and discusses implications of development initiatives in India’s northeastern region (NER) and its borderlands. The NER shares borders with five countries. The central government has shown interest in developing infrastructure in the NER, and state governments are taking initiatives to promote trade relations with the bordering countries. The book discusses the causes for underdevelopment and examines the initiatives taken to overcome the problems of the land-locked region. It provides a comprehensive account of varied processes at work in India’s northeastern borderlands. The book looks closely at the lifeworld of the border communities and myriad cross-border interactions. It throws light on the economic potentiality and preparedness of the NER, the significance of border haats, diverse manifestatsions of border crossing and nature of inter-ethnic interactions. The book also explains the theoretical significance and practical relevance of studying border processes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H. Srikanth , Munmun MajumdarPublisher: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Imprint: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9789391370725ISBN 10: 9391370721 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 15 August 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction PART I: India’s Relations with Neighbours: Politics of Development in NER Northeast India as Engine of India’s Growth: Reorienting the Act East Policy Goals - Mahendra P. Lama Political Economy of Road Infrastructure in India’s Northeast since Liberalization - Rakhee Bhattacharya Irritants in India–Nepal Relations and Potential Benefits of Greater Cooperation - Bishnu Dev Pant Indo-Bhutanese Relations: Evolution and Changing Contexts - Yedzin W. Tobgay Bangladesh and Northeast India: Planning Communication Links under GATT Article - V Abu Hena Reza Hasan and Sayada Jannatun Naim Yunnan and Northeast India: Chinese Perspective on Sub-regional Development - Hu Xiaowen The Northeast and Myanmar: India–Myanmar Engagement in the Modi Years - Munmun Majumdar Trade in Pre-colonial Arunachal Pradesh and Tibet - Amrendra Kumar Thakur Reviving Border Trade and Tourism along Nathu La in Sikkim - Dechen Bhutia Tripura–Bangladesh Borderlands: Socio-economic Significance of Border Haats - Suparna Bhattacharjee Meghalaya–Bangladesh Border Trade: A Study of the Balat–Sunamganj Haat - Rakhal Kumar Purkayastha PART II Border Crossing and Inter-Community Relations: Cooperation and Conflict Nepali/Gorkha Settlers in Northeast India: Colonial Encounters and Post-colonial Dilemmas - Tejimala Gurung Nag Burmese Indians: Growth of Burmese Nationalism and Ethnic Discrimination - Emdorini Thangkhiew Returnees and Refugees from Burma to India: Differing State Responses - Saurabh Kaushik Drug Trafficking in and through Myanmar and Manipur - H. Srikanth and T. T. Haokip Understanding the Kukis’ Opposition to Fencing of the Indo-Myanmar Border - T. T. Haokip and H. Srikanth Borders That Divide: Naga Ethnoscape and Idea of Supranational Citizenship - Jelle J. P. Wouters Chin Migration to Mizoram: Ethnic Affinity and Changing Perceptions - R. K. Satapathy and P. C. Lalthansiami IndexReviewsAuthor InformationH. Srikanth is a Professor in the Department of Political Science, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, India. His research has primarily focused on issues concerning ethnicity, indigenous people and the political economy of Northeast India. Dr Srikanth was awarded the Shastri Indo-Canadian Faculty Research Fellowship to work on Native Indians in British Columbia. His publications include Indigenous Peoples in Liberal Democratic States: Conflict and Reconciliation in Canada and India (2010) and the co-edited volumes Vision for Meghalaya: On and Beyond Inner Line Permit (2014) and Ethnicity and Political Economy in Northeast India (2016). He has also published many research papers in such journals as International Studies, Economic & Political Weekly and Man and Society. During 2012–2017, he was the editor of the NEHU journal. Munmun Majumdar is a Professor in the Department of Political Science, NEHU, Shillong, India. She completed her MA, MPhil and PhD at the School of International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU), Delhi. She was awarded the UGC Research Awards (earlier known as Career Award and National Fellow) for Post-Doctoral Research. She had been a Visiting Professor to University of Yangon, Myanmar, and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She has been a Visiting Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and an Associate at Institute of Advance Study, Shimla. She has published three books and many research papers as book chapters and journal articles in journals such as Strategic Analysis, India Quarterly, Indonesian Quarterly, and Asian Affairs. Her areas of interest are Southeast Asian studies and international politics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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