About the Book
The papers included in this volume primarily focus on contradicting perspectives, competing interests and emerging outcomes when the relation between tribes and their resource perceptions shifts along the line of corporate-induced development projects. Precisely, it is a compendium of issues related to development induced displacement. With distinct analytical frames and empirical findings, the papers, contributed by the experts in the field – academics, bureaucrats and activists alike – unambiguously present a critique to perspectives of people’s development within the frame of contemporary development discourse. In a broad sense the relation between ecology and economy has been examined through the papers with reference to specific contexts in development practices where resource perception and utilization are contested by traditional and commercial users. No doubt, the book will be handy for anyone who needs/wants to know the full range of issues on tribal development vis-à-vis mega projects.
Contents
1. Development Wisdom and the Reality Gap / Felix Padel and Samarendra Das
2. Displacement, Tribal Communities and Social Justice / Nilakantha Panigrahi and Rashmirani Balabantaray
3. Post-Displacement Risk and Reconstruction of Livelihood in Tribal and Non-Tribal Dominated Dam Projects / Laxmi Bilash Hota and Damodar Suar
4. Globalization and Displacement of Tribal People / Hari Mohan Mathur
5. Globalization, Deprivation and the Predicament of Displaced Tribes in India / S.N. Tripathy
6. Tribal Customary and Formal Law Interface in Northeast India / Walter Fernandes
7. Land Reforms and Record Management in Tribal Areas / Hari Charan Behera and A.P. Singh
8. State, Forest Policy and Tribals / Satyakam Joshi
9. Governance, Globalization and the Genealogy of Conflict / Tapan R. Mohanty
10. Corporate Sector in Development / Satya Prakash Dash
11. Customary Landowning Practices / A. Wati Walling
12. Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights and Benefit Sharing in the Context of Northeast India / Hui Tag
13. Climate Change and Indigenous People of Arunachal Pradesh / Ranjay K. Singh and S.N. Bhowmik
14. Promoting Fishery Based Ecotourism in Mountain Waters of Arunachal Pradesh / D.N. Das and P.C. Mahanta
About the Author / Editor
M.C. Behera is Professor in Tribal Studies at Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. He also served as Professor of Indigenous Culture Studies and Dean, School of Cultural Studies, Central University of Jharkhand. He has been pursuing researches on Tribal Studies and Rural Economics from mid-1980s. He has authored/edited/co-edited 25 books on socio-economic and cultural life of tribal and rural people. To his credit, he has about sixty research papers published in various national and international journals/periodicals. He is member of many professional bodies.
Jumyir Basar, Associate Professor at Arunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar. Dr Basar is also an Associate at IUC, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. She is actively involved with an NGO and women movements in the state. Her research interest includes social exclusion, women issues vis-à-vis development interventions. She has presented more than 25 papers in national and international seminars.
