Development, governance and gender in South Asia : perspectives, issues and challenges / Anisur Rahman, Niharika Tiwari, editors.
Rahman, Anisur, editor.; Tiwari, Niharika, editor.
2021
HC430.6
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Title
Development, governance and gender in South Asia : perspectives, issues and challenges / Anisur Rahman, Niharika Tiwari, editors.
ISBN
9789811651090 (electronic bk.)
9811651094 (electronic bk.)
9811651086
9789811651083
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5109-0
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-16-5109-0 doi
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HC430.6
Dewey Decimal Classification
330.954
Summary
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.
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Rahman, Anisur, editor.
Tiwari, Niharika, editor.
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Part I: Social and Economic Development
Analysing the Status of Human Development in South Asia
Repositioning South Asian States: Reinforcing Human Development
Debt, Deficit and Economic Growth in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis
Promoting South Asian Migration to the Gulf: Reducing Poverty and Inequality as the Strategy
Skills for Employability and Development in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis
Part-II: Governance and Human Rights
Governance and Capability: Contemporary Issues for Citizens and governments
Shrinking Space of Minorities in South Asia: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan
Corporate Governance in South Asian Countries: An Overview
Good Governance and Human Rights: A South Asian Perspective
Nuclear Weapons and Regional Cooperation in South Asia
Part III: Media and Literature
Role of Media in Conflict Management: A Case Study of 2016 Kashmir Unrest
The Development Narratives in South Asia: A Case Study of Print Media
Urdu Historiography, a Field of Urdu Literature in South Asia
Contribution of Arabian Nepali Literature to new Nepal Building
Representation of Literature through Media: A Comparative Study of Sidhwa Ice Candy Man and Mehta's Earth
Part IV: Gender and Development
Gendered Demonology: Women as Witches
Masculinizing the Women: Strategic De/Reconstruction of Gender in the Fiction of South Asian Women Writers
The third space of Feminist Sensibility in South Asia Diaspora Literature
Sharing the Destiny: Women's Political Representation in India in the South Asian Perspective.

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