Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbæk
Development Challenges in Bhutan
1. Development Challenges in Bhutan: Perspectives on Inequality and Gross National Happiness
Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt
Part I. Comparing Bhutan’s Development Trajectories
2. Sociocultural and Political Change in Bhutan Since the 1980s: Reflections from a Distance
Michael Hutt
3. Donor-Assisted Ethno-nationalism and Education Policy in Bhutan
Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt
Part II. GNH, Equality and Inclusion/Exclusion
4. Gross National Happiness and Inequality
Winnie Bothe
5. Distress Migration and Individual Happiness in Bhutan
Mahmood Ansari
Part III. Culture, Legal Issues and the Politics of Change
6. A Form of “Democratization Project” in Contemporary Bhutan: Being Apolitical and Being Religious
Mari Miyamoto
7. Law, “Tradition” and Legitimacy: Contesting Driglam Namzha
Richard W. Whitecross
Part IV. Governance and Integration
8. Between Hopeful Intentions and Disenchanting Constraints: Lessons Learned in Bhutan’s Nationwide E-Governance Initiative
Norbert Wildermuth, Devi Bhakta Suberi
9. Disaster Governance, Inequality and Poverty Alleviation in Bhutan: Towards Integrated and Preventive Policies
Caroline Brassard
Part V. Health, Food and Disparities
10. Regional Disparities and Food Problems in Bhutan
Mahmood Ansari
11. Policy Synergies in Health-Promoting Education in Bhutan
Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, Line Kikkenborg Christensen
Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Development Studies, Political Economy, Development Economics, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Asian Politics
- Editor
- Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbæk
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2017
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Contemporary South Asian Studies
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319479255
- Printed ISBN
- 978-3-319-47924-8