Nandini Bhattacharya, Contagion and Enclaves: Tropical Medicine in Colonial India
In: Social history of medicine, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 175-177
ISSN: 1477-4666
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In: Social history of medicine, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 175-177
ISSN: 1477-4666
In: Journal of social history, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 989-1012
ISSN: 1527-1897
In: WP;WP-2003-002
Using Bayesian updating to deterministic priors persistence of fundamentalist belief like those in the mind of a terrorist is explained. Under such belief system if conditional evidence is diametrically opposite and also deterministic then a process of change will set in and in the present war against terrorism this can be effectively done through Islamic religious authorities. In situations where interaction is the basis, self-defeating scenarios can be avoided by giving space to others'. Thus, in the political sphere one has to be accommodative about the concerns of Middle East, this will also make things easier for intervention through Islam.
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In: Politisches Lernen, Band 71, Heft 3, S. 859-868
ISSN: 0937-2946
In: The Indian journal of political science, Band 71, Heft 3, S. 859-868
ISSN: 0019-5510
In: Studies in economic development and planning 33
In: Indian defence review, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 108-117
ISSN: 0970-2512
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In: International studies, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 461-462
ISSN: 0973-0702, 1939-9987
In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 42, S. 181-192
ISSN: 0020-8701
Based on colonial records, ethnographic studies, & fieldwork conducted in 1978-1988, an overview of the economic status & societal relationships of peasant tribal communities in rural northeastern India is presented. The geography of the region, traditional customs of the villagers, & the agrarian system are described, & impacts of state-sponsored development programs, the increasing presence of market forces, & the rapidly increasing tribal population explored. It is concluded that a transition from shifting agriculture, common property, & collectivity to permanent property & the accumulation of personal income & wealth is occurring, & will ultimately cause the disappearance of the traditional tribal community. 3 Photographs, 25 References. Modified AA
In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band 42, Heft 2, S. 181
ISSN: 0020-8701
In: International social science journal: ISSJ, Band no.124, Heft May 90
ISSN: 0020-8701
The tribal peasant communities of India's north-east region, whose traditional economy of shifting agriculture rested on the principles of common, community property in land, reciprocity, sharing, labour co-operation and kinship and was largely self-sufficient, has been giving way to an economy of permanent, settled agriculture based on private property in land, personal income and wealth. (SJK)