Beschreibung:
In South Asia and beyond, human development continues to be in a state of crisis. This book explores the unevenness of human development with respect to the question of difference. The author develops a conceptual framework that focuses on social power, whereby human development is seen as a process of reconstruction of the matrices of social power. The approach builds on three main components, which are applied to the South Asian reality: a relational view of difference; a transformative notion of social justice; and the notion of agency.
Introduction: Human Development - Has the Paradigm Failed Us?1. Conceptualising Human Development: Towards a Social Power Approach2. Human Development in India: A Profile of Unevenness3. Uneven Human Development in India: A Social Power Perspective4. Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A Profile5. Uneven Human Development in Pakistan and Bangladesh6. Conclusions: Agency, Human Development & Social Power