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Subject(s)

• Minorities—South Asia—Social conditions [Browse]
• People with social disabilities—South Asia [Browse]
• Power (Social sciences)—South Asia [Browse]
• Social policy—South Asia [Browse]
• South Asia—Social policy [Browse]

Series

• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 10. [More in this series]
• Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 10 [More in this series]

Summary note

In South Asia & beyond, human development continues to be in a state of crisis. This book explores the unevenness of human development with respect to the question of difference. The author develops a conceptual framework that focuses on social power, whereby human development is seen as a process of reconstruction.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-172) and index.

Contents

• Introduction. Human development : has the paradigm failed us?
• Conceptualising human development : towards a social power approach.
• Human development in India : a profile of unevenness.
• Explaining uneven human development in India : a social power perspective.
• Human development in Pakistan and Bangladesh : a profile.
• Uneven human development in Pakistan and Bangladesh : a social power perspective
• Conclusions : agency, human development and social power.

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ISBN

• 9780415775526 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
• 0415775523 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
• 9780203895238 ((ebook))
• 0203895231 ((ebook))
• 9780415481311 ((pbk.))
• 0415481317 ((pbk.))
• 9780203929209 ((ebk.))
• 0203929209 ((ebk.))

LCCN

2007050238

OCLC

183928601

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