ISBN 9788194717560|Hardback|200 pages|2021|Tulika Books
A Strategic Myth by Sehar Iqbal challenges commonly held misconceptions about Jammu and Kashmir and its development since 1947.
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A Strategic Myth by Sehar Iqbal challenges commonly held misconceptions about Jammu and Kashmir and its development since 1947.
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Despite being in the news near-constantly, Jammu and Kashmir has been woefully misrepresented – whether by liberal politicians in India who have portrayed the erstwhile state as a dangerous frontier state in need of a strong security response, or by right-wing politicians who have been spinning a narrative about the land being plagued by underdevelopment. The first of these stems from a top-down version of security that gives precedence to the promotion of state security at the expense of human security. The second comes from a redefining of corporate interests as development concerns, which has become ubiquitous. Both are wrong-headed.
This study challenges commonly held misconceptions about the region and brings to light its achievements during the state-led developmental process of Jammu and Kashmir from 1948 to 1988, thus bridging a gap in scholarship concerning this process and the relationship between the political history and social development of the region.
Contextualizing development in Jammu and Kashmir since 1947 when it became free from princely rule, the study augments the macroeconomic view with village studies documenting the human experience of policy changes. It puts forward a composite picture of development, directly challenging the politically motivated, false narrative of ‘underdevelopment’.
The book also sheds further light on the adverse effects of the crackdown since 5 August 2019 on civil liberties and the internet, on the economy, and on education and health. With the Covid-19-induced lockdown adding to these obstructions, it is clear that direct rule by the central government is no panacea for development in Jammu and Kashmir. Rather, it is an assault on the gains in economic and social development that Jammu and Kashmir has achieved so far.
Author:
Sehar Iqbal
Foreword: Andrew Whitehead
ISBN:
9788194717560
Binding:
Hardback
Pages:
200
Year of Publication:
2021
Publisher:
Tulika Books
Edition:
First
Condition:
New
Country of Origin:
India
About the Author
The author is an independent researcher working at the intersection between research and grass-root development work in Jammu and Kashmir. She completed her PhD in Development Economics in 2018 under the supervision of Professor Jean Drèze. Her doctoral research was on Human Development Indicators in Jammu and Kashmir. For her work on reducing infant deaths in the Kashmir valley she received the Women's Scholarship at the University of Oxford, where she is currently researching solutions for delivering quality education to children of nomadic communities in Jammu and Kashmir. She is a founding Fellow of the India Pakistan Regional Young Leaders Initiative (IPRYLI) administered by the Asia Society, Rockefeller Foundation - a programme that encourages youth in the two countries to work together on public service delivery projects. Sehar Iqbal is the mother of two sons and lives in Budgam, Kashmir.
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