Human development and social power
Subtitle: perspectives from South Asia
By: Ananya Mukherjee Reed.
Series: Routledge contemporary South Asia series -- 10
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780415775526; 9780203895238
Subjects: Minorities -- South Asia -- Social conditions; People with social disabilities -- South Asia; Power (Social sciences) -- South Asia; Social policy -- South Asia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Human development : has the paradigm failed us?; title: Conceptualising human development : towards a social power approach.; title: Human development in India : a profile of unevenness.; title: Explaining uneven human development in India : a social power perspective.; title: Human development in Pakistan and Bangladesh : a profile.; title: Uneven human development in Pakistan and Bangladesh : a social power perspective; title: Conclusions : agency, human development and social power.