1st Edition

Infrastructure of Injustice State and Politics in Manipur and Northeast India

By Raile Rocky Ziipao Copyright 2020
202 Pages
by Routledge India

202 Pages
by Routledge India

202 Pages
by Routledge India

This book examines the dynamics of infrastructure development in Northeast India, especially Manipur, from a socio-anthropological perspective. It looks at the pattern and distribution of infrastructure in the region to analyse the impact of education, roads and health care on the livelihoods, ecosystems, governance and social futures of communities. The volume examines the infrastructure... Read more

Lists of tables. Preface. List of abbreviations. Introduction: infrastructure of injustice 1. The place of infrastructure in development 2. Political economy of development in Manipur 3. State of contestation and negotiation 4. Political highways and its tributaries 5. Electricity: regularly irregular 6. Social and political processes of infrastructure development 7. Conclusion: beyond Unholy Trinity. Index.

Biography

Raile Rocky Ziipao teaches in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Off Campus, Nagaland Regional Centre. He was the former Raghunathan Family Fellow, Harvard University. His research interests include critical infrastructure, political economy of development, northeast studies and tribal and indigenous epistemologies.