RESOURCES, TRIBES AND DEVELOPMENT: Competing Interests and Contours of Possibilities

The papers included in this volume primarily focus on contradicting perspectives, competing interests and emerging outcomes when the relation between tribes and their resource perceptions shifts along the line of corporate-induced development projects. Precisely, it is a compendium of issues related to development induced displacement. With distinct analytical frames and empirical findings, the papers, contributed by the experts in the field – academics, bureaucrats and activists alike – unambiguously present a critique to perspectives of people’s development within the frame of contemporary development discourse. In a broad sense the relation between ecology and economy has been examined through the papers with reference to specific contexts in development practices where resource perception and utilization are contested by traditional and commercial users. No doubt, the book will be handy for anyone who needs/wants to know the full range of issues on tribal development vis-à-vis mega projects.

Contents
1 Development Wisdom and the Reality Gap / Felix Padel and Samarendra Das
2 Displacement, Tribal Communities and Social Justice / Nilakantha Panigrahi and Rashmirani Balabantaray
3 Post-Displacement Risk and Reconstruction of Livelihood in Tribal and Non-Tribal Dominated Dam Projects / Laxmi Bilash Hota and Damodar Suar
4 Globalization and Displacement of Tribal People / Hari Mohan Mathur
5 Globalization, Deprivation and the Predicament of Displaced Tribes in India / S.N. Tripathy
6 Tribal Customary and Formal Law Interface in Northeast India / Walter Fernandes
7 Land Reforms and Record Management in Tribal Areas / Hari Charan Behera and A.P. Singh
8 State, Forest Policy and Tribals / Satyakam Joshi
9 Governance, Globalization and the Genealogy of Conflict / Tapan R. Mohanty
10 Corporate Sector in Development / Satya Prakash Dash
11 Customary Landowning Practices / A. Wati Walling
12 Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights and Benefit Sharing in the Context of Northeast India / Hui Tag
13 Climate Change and Indigenous People of Arunachal Pradesh / Ranjay K. Singh and S.N. Bhowmik
14 Promoting Fishery Based Ecotourism in Mountain Waters of Arunachal Pradesh / D.N. Das and P.C. Mahanta