Traversing Bihar : the politics of development and social justice 

 - New Delhi  Orient Blackswan  2014 
 - 350p. 
<br/><br/> This is a volume we are co-publishing with TISS. The volume is on the socio-economic-political conditions of contemporary Bihar. It tries to find answers to questions such as:<br/><br/>Whether Nitish Kumar's model of development is devoid of social justice?<br/>Is this re-elitisation of politics?<br/>Why did the development state, symbolised by vikaspurush Nitish Kumar, retract on its promises of tenancy reforms?<br/>Is the restoration of bureaucracy not responsible for raising the scale of corruption?<br/>Did restoration of law and order and the model of development carry an inherent inclination to satisfy middle class sense of security and sensibilities?<br/>Table of Contents:<br/><br/>List of Tables, Photographs and Maps<br/><br/>List of Abbreviations<br/><br/>Introduction - Manish K. Jha and Pushpendra<br/><br/>Politics of Development<br/><br/>The Challenge of Land Reforms and Social Transformation in Bihar - Dipankar Bhattacharya<br/>Agrarian Relations in a Village in Bihar - Pushpendra<br/>The Rhetoric of Development in Contemporary Bihar - Anamika Priyadarshini<br/>River Valley Projects of North Bihar and Indo-Nepal Aspirations - Dinesh Kumar Mishra<br/>Social Inclusion: Perspectives from Top-down and B ottom-up Approaches in Rural and Urban Bihar - Meera Tiwari<br/>Politics of Social Justice<br/><br/>Transformation of Subject into Political Subject: Maale in South Bihar Plains - Manish K. Jha<br/>Naxalism, Caste-based Militia and Human Security: Lessons from Bihar - Gaurang Sahay<br/>Intersubjectivity to Consensus? Engendering Rural Local Governance in Bihar - Manjula Bharthy<br/>Explaining Power and Influence of State-level Leadership in Contemporary India: Nitish Kumar - and the Politics of Bihar<br/>Politics in Bihar: Is There a Shift from Caste to Development? - Sanjay Kumar<br/>Muslim Communities and the Politics of Social Justice: Bihar, 1990–2010 - Mohammad Sajjad<br/>Crossing Borders: Bhagait Folk Ballad Tradition of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal - Badri Narayan<br/>Purnea: Landscape of Cul de Sac - Sadan Jha 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788125055679 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social justice
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>BH 307.140954123 TRA