Development and Discontent in Tribal India

Book Details

• Author: Yatindra Singh Sisodia

• Binding: Hardcover

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• ISBN: 9788131607312

• Language: English

• Release Date: 01-11-2015

• Pages: 328

• Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches

About the Book

Development and Discontent in Tribal India is a critical review of the developmental processes affecting tribal communities in India. It discusses how tribes across the country exist at different stages of socioeconomic development, ranging from those still dependent on forests with traditional practices to those who have integrated into the national mainstream. Despite these differences, common challenges persist across tribal regions, such as low land productivity, dispersed habitation, and land alienation caused by non-tribal encroachment. These challenges often result in marginalization and a lack of access to the benefits of national development.

The book documents the broad trends of development and discontent that arise from these issues, with a particular focus on how alienation from development leads tribes to adopt alternative ideologies, creating socio-political tensions and law and order issues in their regions. Over the past six decades, the tribal communities in India have split into two categories: those who have benefited from constitutional protections and those who have been left behind, struggling to access the same benefits. This volume offers comprehensive analysis and documentation of these trends, making it a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working on tribal development.

Contents

• Part I: Issues of Development in Tribal India: Contemporary Perspectives

• Part II: Neo-Liberal Development and Its Impact on Tribal Areas

• Part III: Emerging Discontent in Contemporary Tribal India

• Part IV: Challenges of Mainstreaming Tribal Communities in India

• Part V: Policies on Human Development and Tribal Communities

About the Author / Editor

Yatindra Singh Sisodia is a Professor and Director at the M.P. Institute of Social Science Research in Ujjain. His academic focus includes democracy, decentralized governance, tribal issues, and development. He has authored or edited over a dozen books, including Democratic Governance and Human Development, India’s Development Scenario, and Tribal Issues in India. Additionally, he has written numerous research papers in prestigious journals and edited volumes.

Tapas Kumar Dalapati is an Assistant Professor at the same institute, with research interests in tribal land alienation, tribal movements, agrarian labor relations, and changing facets of Hindu marriages. He is also the Associate Editor of the Madhya Pradesh Journal of Social Sciences.