GLOBALIZATION, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRIBAL IDENTITY

An outcome of a national seminar, this book attempts to take stock of the status of tribal identity with reference to national development and globalization in the historical perspective. It also underlines factors and conditions responsible for origin, functioning and change in indices of tribal identity, emergence of new identity, interface between traditional and modern identity and overall impact of changes in identity on their material and non-material culture as well as their physical and social quality of life. Besides scholars and students of tribal studies, the book will also be useful for thinkers, policy makers and planners.

S.N. Chaudhary, Professor of Sociology and former Dean, Faculty of Social Science is currently Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor at Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He has also been a fellow of the A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla and SMH, Paris. He has conducted fieldwork among Red Indians in British Columbia (Canada). His research interests include Tribal Indebtedness, Impact of Technology on Society, Suicide among Tribal Farmers and Tribal Development.