Education as Development

<P>This book is an in-depth analysis of the educational development of tribals in India. <I>Education as Development: Deprivation, Poverty, Dispossession </I>is a significant new addition for understanding educational and economic setbacks experienced by the marginalized in India.</P><P>The volume:</P><UL><LI>Focuses on how the social, economic, and education systems have evolved over time in India and identifies the scope of development in these areas</LI><LI>Provides a rational structure for readers to understand how the Adivasi in India can be made to fit in the modern-designed education system</LI><LI>Highlights the problems of the marginalized – such as income inequality, education, health, housing, governance, civil society environment and infrastructure, and others which hamper their overall growth</LI></UL><P>This book will be of great interest to students, researchers, and policy makers in the fields of education, minority studies, indigenous studies, sociology of education, and South Asian studies.</P>