Saksena, H.S.; Srivastava, Vinay Kumar & Chaudhury, Sukant K. (Eds.)
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Book ID : 30366
ISBN-10 : 81-8387-021-X / 818387021X
ISBN-13 : 978-81-8387-021-4 / 9788183870214
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2006
Edition :
Language : English
xxviii, 561p., Tables, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Introduction; List of contributors; An overview of D.N. Majumdar's contribution to Tribal studies; Situating Chhor ka ek gaon in the writings of D.N. Majumdar and Indian village studies; A note on the tribal situation of India; Tribal identity, globalisation and planned development; Globalisation and empowerment of capital and disempowerment of tribals; Concept of tribe: A note; Frontier identity in the Terai: The Tharu; The new panchayats in tribal areas, potential and prospects; Empowerment of tribal institutions in Andhra Pradesh; The face of change in Arunachal; Changing religion and ritual in a vasava bhil community impacted by involuntary resettlement; Tribals and Christianity in Gujarat; Changing aspects of kinship among kondhs; Land alienation, forest right and displacement: Predicament of the tribal in Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh; Primitive tribes in southern region: A case study; habitat, society and development in Ladakh; Continuity and change: Social institutions of the Tolcha Bhotia; Journey through the unquiet woods: Contested resources and protest movement in uttaranchal; Land and agriculture among scheduled tribes in Maharashtra; Tribals, Anthropologists and social activists in India; Toda social structure and change; Globalisation in the scheduled areas; Caste, tribe and peasantry in the emergence of a people's movement; Situating tribal women; Conflict and conflict resolution in natural resource management; The case of utilization of river water in Harda (Madhya Pradesh).
DESCRIPTION
This book deals with the issues of development among Scheduled Tribes in India. The President of India by his special power declared some communities in various pockets of our country as Scheduled Tribes on 26 January 1950 under Article 342 of the Constitution of India. According to the recently circulated draft of the National Policy on Tribals, there are 67.8 million Scheduled Tribes people, comprising 8.08 percent of India's population. There are 698 Schedule Tribes spread over the country except the States and Union Territories of Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Pondicherry and Punjab. This volume covers a number of issues pertaining to tribal societies in India.
