Contents: Preface. Editorial notes. Contributors. 1. Population migration and North East: a historical perspective/Prabin Baishya. 2. On modes of unmaking the nation: cross border migration and ethnic conflicts in Eastern and Northeastern India/Samir Kumar Das. 3. Poverty, economic development and population dynamics in North East India/Raj Kumar Sen. 4. Demographic dynamics in NES/Amalesh Banerjee. 5. Population imbalance in the North East Region/B.B. Kumar. 6. Employment and unemployment patterns in Northeastern Region: a state wise comparison/Sonali Chakraborty. 7. Population growth, environment and population education in North East India/A. Henia. 8. Socio-cultural factors and population growth in North East Region of India/Paulavi Das. 9. Fertility performance of the Karbis of four villages of Kamrup District, Assam/D.M. Misra. 10. Population boom in the North East and economic growth/Sukhendu Mazumder. 11. The ethnic conflicts and their consequences in the North-East/Bibhas Ranjan Choudhury. 12. Population dynamics and the disabled persons: an exploratory note on North-East India/S.B. Chakrabarti. 13. Population dynamics in North-East India: significant trends of immigration with special reference to Assam/Nripen Dhar. 14. Multilingual population of Assam: some relevant issues/G.C. Sharma Thakur. 15. Redistribution and cultural transformation among the Deoris of Assam/Sujata Deori, Niranjan Das and B.S. Mipun. 16. Migration and population growth in Assam/Pranjal Sarma and Protim Sharma. 17. Economic history of Nepali Migration and socio-cultural relationship in Assam/Monimala Devi and Devashis Bose. 18. Impact of migrating population on the Guwahati City/Babli Choudhury. 19. Urbanization and slum problems in Assam: special reference to Silchar Town/Pranay Jyoti Goswami. 20. Growth of population -- its impact on rural and urban economy: special reference to Assam/Bobby Mahanta and Luit S. Mahanta. 21. Demographic profile of Manipur: an overview/N. Tejmani Singh and Th. Jitendra Singh. 22. Influx of migrants and youths of Manipur/Th. Binarani Devi. 23. Population growth and quality of life: issues and challenges (A case of Manipur)/Asha Thokchom. 24. Population and pattern of land utilization in Manipur/Th. Premita Devi. 25. Population explosion and its impact on the society: reference to Manipur state/R.K. Hellen Devi. 26. Population pattern of Garo Hills/Anjan Jyoti Borah. 27. RCH, Population Policy and political economy/Asok Kumar Ray. 28. Influence of social sector expenditure on human development/Hiranmoy Roy and Kingshuk Adhikari. 29. Literacy and population: special reference to Meghalaya/Sumana Paul. 30. Mid-day meal programme and its impact in Tura Region on West Garo Hills/Govinda Prasad Bhandari. Index.
"Population question in the northeast region assumed critical dimension from the 1950s onward. This happened mainly because of the externally induced demographic growth in this region. Many movements took place in the mean time in the region to address the issue. Yet over the last four decades, this question remained unresolved. From social policy angle, the states of this region exhibited failed state syndrome. This led to both quantitative and qualitative crises of growing population in the region.
In this backdrop, this book gives very useful insight to the population dynamics in the region from interdisciplinary angles. The articles published in this book are well researched and touch upon the historical aspects, larger issues of population growth in the region, state level and micro level case studies and upon the larger policy issues pertaining to population growth and human development in this region.
This book immensely contributes to the existing literature on the subject and contains strong academic value. This book is also useful for the policy makers and policy researchers in and on this region." (jacket)
