Development, Governance and Gender in South Asia: Perspectives, Issues and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9789811651083 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 400 str.

Anisur Rahman; Niharika Tiwari

Spis treści

Section – I  Social and Economic Development

 

1. Analysing the Status of Human Development in South Asia

            

2. Repositioning South Asian States: Governance for Human Development        

3.  Enigma of Modernity: Emerging Threats for the Lives beyond Developmentality                               

4.  Debt, Deficit and Economic Growth in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis                                          

5.     Skills for Employability and Development in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis

6.   Migration  as Develoment  Strategy for  Socio-Economic Development in South Asia

 

Section-II  Governance and Human Rights

 

7. Governance and Capability: Contemporary Issues for Citizens and governments                                                     8. Minorities Rights in South Asia: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan

9.  Corporate Governance in South Asian Countries: An Overview

10.  Good Governance and Human Rights: A South Asian Perspective                                                                              

11. Mapping Social Movements in the Post-Globalised World:  India and Bangladesh

Section – III Globalization and Regional Cooperation

12. Challenges to SAARC- Vision and Reality                                                                  

13. India, SAARC and Re-Energizing Sub-Regional Cooperation in South Asia                 

14. Indo-Pak Relations & Peace in South Asia: Challenges in Modi Era                             

15.Globalization and Regional Cooperation in South Asia : Poverty Alleviation Programmes

16. Nuclear Weapons and Regional Cooperation in South Asia                      

Section – IV Media and Literature

17. Role of Media in Conflict Management: A Case Study of Kashmir

18.The Development Narratives in South Asia: A Case Study of Print Media                                                           

19.Urdu Historiography: A  Field of Urdu Literature in South Asia

20. Contribution of Arabian Nepali Literature to ‘New Nepal’ Building                                    

21. Representation of Literature through Media in South Asia                  

Section – V Gender and Development

22. Gendered Demonology: Women as Witches                                                                         

23. Masculinizing’ the Women: Strategic De/Reconstruction of Gender in the Fiction of South Asian Women Writers

24. The “Third Space” of Feminist Sensibility in South Asia Diaspora Literature                    

25. Male Migration and Left-behind Women: Does Migration Actuate Women Empowerment in Bangladesh?                

26. Political Representation of Women in India in the Context of South Asia

O autorze

Anisur Rahman is currently Professor and Director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He holds master’s in two disciplines—economics (AMU) and sociology, M. Phil and Ph.D. (JNU). Before he joined Jamia Millia Islamia in 1999, he worked at the Institute of Applied Manpower Research, Planning Commission, Government of India. His area of interest includes South Asian Migration and Diaspora, Gulf Social Demography, and Issues of Higher Education and Minorities. He has published 5 books and over 50 research papers in journals in India and abroad including his contributions as chapters in edited books by well-known scholars. 

Niharika Tiwari, Ph.D.,  is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Govt. P.G. College Saidabad, Prayagraj, UP, India.

Blurb

This book offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to understand the trends and issues of development, governance, and dynamics of gender in the South Asian region. It familiarizes the reader with the quantitative as well as qualitative aspects of governance and development. Contributing authors pay close attention to the socio-political and economic developments in South Asia in their respective chapters. The book is divided into four parts. The first part analyzes the social and economic development of South Asia in the context of human development, state apparatus, and migration. The second part focuses on issues of good governance and human rights. Issues related to minorities and corporate governance are also discussed specifically. The third part deals with the role of media and literature in the development narratives of South Asia. The last part highlights the inter-linkages between gender narratives and development. It is a must-read for those interested in understanding the socio-economic fabrics, political dynamics, and trajectory of development in South Asia.