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  • Mainstreaming the Northeast in India’s Look and Act East Policy

    Edited by Saswati Choudhury, Atul Sarma ...
    This book provides a detailed account of the evolution of India’s Look and Act East Policy, addressing the nuances of the policy and its efficacy for the Northeast Region. The Northeastern India as a region is landlocked, sharing most of its boundary with neighbouring countries of South and South East Asia. It empirically explores the progress in and prospects for trade, investment and ... Read more

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  • Integrating the Third Tier in the Indian Federal System

    Two Decades of Rural Local Governance

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book discusses the evolution of the third tier of the Indian federal system, with a focus on rural local governance (commonly known as Panchayati Raj) against the backdrop of important theoretical and empirical literature on the relevance and effectiveness of service delivery in the decentralized system. It evaluates the quintessence of the functioning of the Panchayati Raj in the past two ... Read more

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  • Unfolding Crisis in Assam's Tea Plantations

    Employment and Occupational Mobility

    Series series Transition in Northeastern India
    As the Indian economy integrates into global circuits of production, exchange and accumulation, the burdens of adjustment are shared unequally by different sectors, classes and regions. This study unravels the livelihood strategies and living conditions of labour in the tea gardens of Assam. The tea sector has been undergoing a crisis since the 1990s, with stagnant production, decline in exports, ... Read more

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    Citizens' Movements, Machizukuri and Local Environments

    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    Over the last fifteen years local citizens' movements have spread rapidly throughout Japan. Created with the aim of improving the quality of the local environment, and of environmental management processes, such activities are widely referred to as machizukuri, and represent an important development in local politics and urban management in Japan.This volume examines the growth and nature of such ... Read more

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