Human development and social power : perspectives from South Asia /

Mukherjee Reed, Ananya.

Human development and social power : perspectives from South Asia / Ananya Mukherjee Reed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - xv, 175 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 10 .

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

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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Minorities--Social conditions.--South Asia
People with social disabilities--South Asia.
Power (Social sciences)--South Asia.


Social policy--South Asia.

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