Introduction. 1. Anthropology: Today and Tomorrow 2. Defining ‘Tribe’ : A Conceptual Crisis 3. Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Development 4. Issues in Tribal Development 5. Social Science Inputs in Man and Biosphere Programme: MAB in UNESCO and MAN in MAB 6. Sustainable Rural and Tribal Development 7. Reorienting Tribal Studies 8. March of Tribal Women 9. Concern for Indigenous Knowledge 10. Tribal Unrest, State Politics, and Empowerment in Contemporary India 11. Youth in Asia: an Anthropological Perspective 12. Ethics in Research and Research in Ethics 13. Anthropology and the Future of Mankind Index
Biography
Yogesh Atal is Professor Emeritus at the Madhya Pradesh Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain, and member of the Indian National Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He was appointed by UNESCO as its Regional Adviser for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific and retired as Principal Director in 1997.
