Contributed papers presented at a seminar held at and organized by St. Anthony's College, Shillong, on Apr. 25-26, 1997.

Economic development of frontier and remote regions has long been a central theme of development studies. This book examines the development experience in the northeastern region in India in relation to the processes of globalisation and liberalisation of the economy. Bringing together researchers and scholars, from both within and outside the region, the volume offers a comprehensive and updated analysis of governance and development issues in relation to the northeastern economy. With its multidisciplinary approaches, the chapters cover a variety of sectors and concerns such as land, agriculture, industry, infrastructure, finance, human development, human security, trade and policy. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of economics, public policy, governance and development, geopolitics, geography, development studies, politics and sociology of development and area studies as well as observers and policymakers interested in the Northeast.

Contributed papers presented at a national seminar organized by North East India Council of Social Science Research in Shillong, India.

The book discusses important developments emerging around the land questions in India in the context of India’s neoliberal economic development and its changing political economy. It covers many issues that have been impinging the political economy in land and livelihoods in India since the 1990s, examining the land question from diverse methodological standpoints. Most of the chapters rely on evidence generated through primary surveys in different parts of the country. The book, via its diversity of approaches and methodologies, brings out new and hitherto unexplored and/or less researched issues on the emerging land question in India. The range of issues addressed in the volume encompasses the contemporary developments in the political economy of land, land dispossession, SEZs, agrarian changes, urbanisation and the drive for the commodification of land across India. The authors also examine role of the state in promoting the capitalist transformation in India and continuities and changes emerging in the context of land liberalisation and market-friendly economic reforms.

This Book Is The Result Of An Attempt Made To Assess The Nature Of Trading Activities Across The Borders Between India`S North-East And Neighbouring Countries. Attempts Have Been Made To Understand As To Whether There Exists Any Basis For Trade In Terms Of Compatibility Between The Resource/Production Structure Of The North-Eastern Region And The Demand Structure Of The Neighbouring Countries, Particularly Bangladesh And Myanmar, With Whom India Is Having Significant Trade Relations.

Compendium of essays, previously published in Alternative frames, a journal; attempts to examine the dynamics of India's look East policy and its impact on Northeast region, with special focus on Manipur.