Global governance and India's North-East : logistics, infrastructure and society / edited by Ranabir Samaddar and Anita Sengupta.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Samāddāra, Raṇabīra, editor.

Sengupta, Anita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central-local government relations.

Politics and government.

International economic relations.

Economic development.

Economic policy.

India, Northeastern--Economic policy.

India, Northeastern.

Economic development--India, Northeastern.

India, Northeastern--Foreign economic relations--Asia.

Asia--Foreign economic relations--India, Northeastern.

Asia.

India, Northeastern--Politics and government--21st century.

Central-local government relations--India.

India.

Northeastern India.

Physical Description:

xiii, 310 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge 2019.

Summary:

"This book maps the convergence of governance and connectivity within Asia established through the spatial dynamics of trade, capital, conflict, borders, and mobility. It situates Indian trade and governance policies within a broader Asian and global context. Focusing on India's Northeast, in particular on India's Look and Act East Policy, the volume underscores how logistical governance in the region can bring economic and political transformations. It explores the projected development of the Northeast into a gateway of transformative cultural interaction among people, just as the Silk Road became a conduit for Buddhism to travel along with musical instruments and tea. Comprehensive and topical, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of political studies, international relations, governance studies, development studies, international trade and economics and for think tanks working on South and Southeast Asia"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: Imagining spaces through mobility

Cartographies of connectivity in Asia and the Indian response / Priya Singh

Interwoven realities : logistics and the reshaping of global governance / Anita Sengupta

Financialisation of infrastructure and the construction of a 'seamless Asia' / Iman Mitra

Part II: Geopolitics, logistical hubs and connectivity

Bangladesh and the double look East / Subir Bhaumik

Logistical hubs and the look (act) East policy : the case of Kolkata and its port / Iman Mitra and Mithilesh Kumar

Part III: Governing connectivity : logistics, infrastructure and society in the North East

Bridge of spaces : east by rear east / Rnabir Samaddar and Snehashish Mitra

Frontier towns in the spatial dynamics of trade, capital and conflict : from look East to act East / Soma Ghosal and Snehashish Mitra

Governing the North East : conflict and social governance in Nagaland / Paula Banerjee and Sucharita Sengupta

Politics of (im)migration and look East policy : reflections from Assam and the North-East / Sucharita Sengupta and Samir K Purkayasha.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781138342705

113834270X

OCLC:

1084408334