Development challenges in Bhutan : perspectives on inequality and gross national happiness / Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, editor.
Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek, 1960- editor.
2017
HC440.25
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Title
Development challenges in Bhutan : perspectives on inequality and gross national happiness / Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, editor.
ISBN
9783319479255 (electronic book)
3319479253 (electronic book)
9783319479248
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47925-5
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017].
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-47925-5 doi
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HC440.25
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.95498
Summary
This book provides essential insights into Bhutan's developmental challenges. It analyzes and scrutinizes the sovereign state’s developmental approach, including the idea of Gross National Happiness (GNH), which has replaced Gross National Product (GNP) as a measurement of prosperity. The authors also explore and deconstruct ideational and cultural aspects of knowledge production and present a critical overall assessment of the political economy of education policy, health, ICT and migration in Bhutan. The book is divided into five parts all taking a critical approach towards inequality: Part one offers an assessment of Bhutan’s developmental trajectories; part two deals with GNH, equality and inclusion versus exclusion; part three is devoted to culture, legal issues and the politics of change; and part four to governance and integration; section five addresses health, food and disparities. This book will appeal to all scholars of South Asian affairs and development studies, as well as to diplomats and professionals involved in development aid.
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Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek, 1960- editor.
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Contemporary South Asian Studies.
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Chapter 1: Development Challenges in Bhutan
Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness
Part 1: Comparing Bhutan's Development Trajectories.
Chapter 2: Sociocultural and Political Change in Bhutan since the 1980s: Reflections from a Distance
Chapter 3: Donor-assisted Ethno-Nationalism and Education Policy in Bhutan
Part 2: GNH, Equality and Inclusion/Exclusion
Chapter 4: Gross National Happiness and Inequality
Chapter 5: Distress Migration and Individual Happiness in Bhutan
Part 3: Culture, Legal issues and the Politics of Change
Chapter 6: A Form of “Democratization Project” in Contemporary Bhutan: Being Apolitical and being Religious
Chapter 7: Law, “Tradition” and Legitimacy: Contesting Driglam namzha
Part 4: Governance and Integration
Chapter 8: Between Hopeful Intentions and Disenchanting Constraints: Lessons Learned in Bhutan's Nationwide E-Governance Initiative
Chapter 9: Disaster Governance, Inequality and Poverty Alleviation in Bhutan: Towards integrated and preventive policies
Part 5: Health, Food and Disparities
Chapter 10: Regional Disparities and Food Problems in Bhutan
Chapter 11: Policy Synergies in Health-Promoting Education in Bhutan.

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