Contents:
Preface.
1. Backgrounder/B.J. Deb.
2. Development dialogue/ Amalesh Banerjee.
3. Development and underdevelopment of the north-east region : search for a paradigm/A.C. Mohapatra.
4. Development discourses in social science research in the north-eastern region/B.S. Butola.
5. Globalization vis-a-vis regional development : challenges before the north-eastern states/Asok Kumar Maiti.
6. Globalization and North-East India : opportunities and challenges for the twenty-first century/J.B. Ganguly.
7. Civil society under globalization : a case study on "Assam rural infrastructure and agricultural services project"/Asok Kumar Ray.
8. Integrated management of natural resources of North-East India for sustainable development in 21 century/A.K. Mishra.
9. North-East states : considerations for determining priorities in social sience research/T.B. Lahiri.
10. Formation of the appropriate development paradigm of North- East India/N.N. Bhattacharyya.
11. Perspective of development/Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti.
12. Shifting cultivation in North-East India : an approach towards control/D.N. Borthakur.
13. Human development in North-East India/ R.P. Bhattacharjee and N. Upadhaya.
14. Population growth and environmental crisis in North-East India : problems and remedies/P.C. Dutta.
15. Population growth and demographic balance in the North-East in the threshold of the new millennium/Kailash Sarma.
16. Non-Governmental organizations and social development : a critique/B.J. Deb.
17. Towards a sensible participation of people/D.N. Chakravarty.
18. Enlisting people's