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Tribal in India present a significant degree of cultural and ethnic diversity. They differ in their socio-cultural levels as well as in their behavior patterns. Tribal situation in the country poses peculiar problems of development, not encountered in other areas. The peculiarities can be broadly summed up as geographical, demographic, socio-cultural and exploitative. Tribal development indicates serious challenges to policy maker, administrators and development activists. The socio-economic forces of modernization and development have no doubt brought some benefits to the people of respective areas but the benefits accrued to them been largely out weighted by the harm more to them more to them. Development induced displacement, in voluntary and resettlement has also cause marginalization of tribal and presented enormous problems to them. the new economic regime has led to privatization and marketization of economy and thus is has been treated as powerful thereat to the survival of tribal communities. The socio-cultural change among the tribal communities has no doubt empowered the tribals, however, their cultural identity is under severe stress. The human development indices also demonstrate the backwardness and marginalization of tribal communities in India. The book throws light on important dimensions of tribal development and social in India the context of new policy regime and environment. The book contains 36 papers dealing with different and dimensions and aspects of social change and development of tribal communities in India. A few papers also highlight the important issues pertaining to and backward communities of Bangladesh and African countries. The papers mainly deal with of refuges, aging, religious and cultural identity, ethno-medicine and traditional health seeking behavior, migration, land alienation demographic change, woman health, social-cultural adaptation, tribal development programmes, ethnicity, etc. it is hoped that the book will be useful in understanding the dynamics of social change and development among tribal communities of India to the policy makers and those who are interested in the field.
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Pages : 501
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