TY - BOOK AU - Ramakant, AU - Misra,R.C. TI - Bhutan: society and polity SN - 8173870446 PY - 1998/// CY - New Delhi PB - Indus Pub. Co. KW - Bhutan KW - Economic conditions KW - Congresses KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions N1 - 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 N2 - Contributed articles presented at an international seminar, April 1993; predominantly on social and economic conditions ER -