Bhutan : society and polity /
editors, Ramakant and R.C. Misra.
- New Delhi : Indus Pub. Co., 1998.
- 327 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
- South Asia studies series ; [34] .
CONTENTS: Geography as a factor in Bhutan's development / Buddhism in Bhutan and Sri Lanka: A comparative study / Socioeconomic transformation in Bhutan / Status of women in Bhutan / Language and literature in Bhutan / The Nepali immigrants in Bhutan: Growing conflict between national and ethnic identities / Ethnic crisis in Bhutan / Bhutan's problems of ethnicity / Political economy of ethnic conflict in Bhutan / Bhutan towards modernization / Bhutan: A changing development paradigm / Bhutan: Three decades of planned development / Economic development in Bhutan / Economic development and modernization in Bhutan / Political development of Bhutan / The nature and direction of political change in Bhutan / Bhutan's foreign policy in the new context / Indo-Bhutan relations / Indo-Bhutan relations in the changing South Asian context / Bhutan-Pakistan relations / Bhutan and SAARC
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributed articles presented at an international seminar, April 1993; predominantly on social and economic conditions.
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Bhutan--Economic conditions--Congresses. Bhutan--Politics and government--Congresses. Bhutan--Social conditions--Congresses.