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Sikkim
Society, Polity, Economy and Environment
Mahendra P.
Lama (Ed) |
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To
address the issues like integration process, development
interventions, social change, strategic volatility
and environmental agenda, Himalaya Today Society
has brought out this special volume on Sikkim. The
volume is essentially divided into four broad sections
viz., Society, Polity, Economy and Environment. Each
section carries articles written by scholars, professionals
and policy makers who have worked in/on Sikkim in
various capacities. Hence this work stands to be a
sound academic contribution meant to sensitise the
development planners, researchers, scholars and policy
makers.
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| Preface
Editor's Note
List of Contributors
Section I: SOCIETY
1. The Bhutia-Lepcha Women of Sikkim: Tradition and
Response to Change
2. Plainsmen in Sikkim and their Occupational Structure
3. The Vow Fulfilled: Saga of Sidkeong-Alexandra Historic
Association
4. Panchayati Raj Institution in Sikkim: Participation
and Development
5. Ethnicity and Resource Management in Sikkim
6. Science and Technology Education in Sikkim
Section II: POLITY
7. Sikkim's Identity as an Indian State
8. Government and Politics in Sikkim
Section III: ECONOMY
9. Sikkim: Agenda for Sectoral and Resource Management
10. Agriculture in Sikkim
11. Informal Bazaars in Sikkim
12. Technology Transfer in the Livestock Sector: Key
Issues in Sikkim
13. Watershed-based Participatory Development Strategy
in Sikkim
14. Sustainable Energy Development Strategies for Sikkim
15. Development without Shocks: A Himalayan Experience
16. Assessment of Tourism in Sikkim
17. Dynamics of Tourism Development in Sikkim
Section IV: ENVIRONMENT
18. Sikkim Himalaya: Geo-Ecological System, Socio-Economic
Change and Peoples' Perception
19. Forestry and Conservation Issues in the Sikkim Hills
20. Forestry and Wildlife in Sikkim
21. Medicinal Uses and Folklores of Plants of Sikkim
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Mahendra
P. Lama, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the South
Asian Studies Division of School of International Studies
in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A development
economist by training, Dr.Lama has written/edited a
number of books and research articles in various national
and international journals. He was a member of the Indian
Team of Experts which prepared the India Report on the
SAARC Studies on Trade, Manufactures and Services.
In 1989 he was invited to draft the First Plan
of the newly set up Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council by
its Chairman. In 1992 he initiated a major evaluation
Report on the Performance of Development Planning
in Sikkim under the invitation of the Chief Minister.
He has also been the Resident Editor of Himalaya
Today, a quarterly journal, since its very inception
in 1988.
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