Socio-Political and Economic Challenges in South Asia - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8178299496 ISBN 13: 9788178299495

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

Socio-Political and Economic Challenges in South Asia is a compilation of well researched papers that examine the evolving economic, political and social landscape of South Asia. While celebrating the economic and political growth of the countries of the region, it also highlights the challenges that they are likely to face in the coming years, such as the domestic strife in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan and the region′s external relations with key global players like East Asia and the United States.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Tan Tai Yong is the Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. He has written extensively on South Asian history as well as on Southeast Asia and Singapore. His recent books include Creating Greater Malaysia: Decolonisation and the Politics of Merger (2008); Partition and Post-Colonial South Asia: A Reader (co-edited, 2007); The Garrison State (2005); The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia (co-authored, 2000) and The Transformation of Southeast Asia: International Perspectives on De-Colonisation (co-edited, 2003).

Review:

As evident from the title of the book, it is relevant to not only researchers focusing on the particular region but also the students of South Asian studies.The book is a very good combination of papers analysing significant socio-political, economic and strategic challenges faced by most of the South Asian countries.

Author: Journal of South Asian Development

This book presents very pertinent views of intellectuals, political analysts and economists and must be read to get an understanding of why South Asia needs to reduce poverty among the general population, build good governance and efficient implementation of policies and finally continually upgrade its infrastructure to achieve economic growth.

Author: Organiser

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 8178299496
• ISBN 13: 9788178299495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Yong Tan Tai