Development Challenges in Bhutan
Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness
Editors: Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbaek (Ed.)
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- Scrutinizes Bhutan’s development approach, including the idea of Gross National Happiness
- Presents a critical overall assessment of the political economy of education policy, health, ICT and migration in Bhutan
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This book provides essential insights into Bhutan’s developmental challenges. It analyzes and scrutinizes the sovereign state’s developmental approach, including the idea of Gross National Happiness (GNH), which has replaced Gross National Product (GNP) as a measurement of prosperity. The authors also explore and deconstruct ideational and cultural aspects of knowledge production and present a critical overall assessment of the political economy of education policy, health, ICT and migration in Bhutan. The book is divided into five parts all taking a critical approach towards inequality: Part one offers an assessment of Bhutan’s developmental trajectories; part two deals with GNH, equality and inclusion versus exclusion; part three is devoted to culture, legal issues and the politics of change; and part four to governance and integration; section five addresses health, food and disparities. This book will appeal to all scholars of South Asian affairs and development studies, as well as to diplomats and professionals involved in development aid.
- About the authors
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Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt is Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is Senior Expert at Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), Copenhagen University, Denmark. He has held visiting research fellowships in Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Poland, and was recently a Visiting Professor at the Institute for Political Economy, Carleton University, Canada in 2009. Additionally he has been a consultant to UNESCO, the World Bank and the Irish Development Agency. He has a broad spectrum of research interests, varying from globalisation and international division of labour to social and welfare policy and state regulations with a focus on East and South-East Asia. He has been Director of Studies in International Affairs in Five years (1998-2003); Chairman and Board member of Nordic NIAS Council Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, 2004-2005 and 2009-2010.
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“This is certainly an interesting book, and it brings to the surface much valuable information that should be useful for any scholar of the region, and in particular any lover of academic contested issues.” (Frank Rennie, Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 39 (3), 2020)
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness
Pages 1-16
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Sociocultural and Political Change in Bhutan Since the 1980s: Reflections from a Distance
Pages 19-27
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Donor-Assisted Ethno-nationalism and Education Policy in Bhutan
Pages 29-46
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Gross National Happiness and Inequality
Pages 49-68
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Distress Migration and Individual Happiness in Bhutan
Pages 69-91
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Development Challenges in Bhutan
- Book Subtitle
- Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness
- Editors
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- Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt
- Series Title
- Contemporary South Asian Studies
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-47925-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-47925-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-47924-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83860-1
- Series ISSN
- 2509-4173
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 263
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
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