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Bihar and Mithila : The Historical Roots of Backwardness by John Albert Rorabacher is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The world has become obsessed with the Western notions of progress, development, and globalization, the latter a form of human and economic homogenization. These processes, through the aegis of the United Nations, are comparatively monitored. Those nations deemed to be ‘lagging behind’ are then provided with foreign aid and developmental assistance. For nearly seventy years, India has sought its place in this global endeavour; yet, even today, abject poverty and backwardness can be observed in districts in almost every state; with the highest concentration of such districts found in the state of Bihar and a cultural enclave, known as Mithila. Development in India has been elusive because it is difficult to define; and because the Western concepts of development and progress have no absolute equivalents within many non-Western settings. As a consequence, development programmes often fail because they are unable to ask the right questions, but equally important is the political economy derived from foreign aid. For politicians, there is no long-term benefit to be derived from successful development. In general, foreign aid only serves to corrupt governments and politicians and, in th
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Albert Rorabacher
- Publisher
- Routledge,
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781351997560
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Economics, Social_sciences