Walter Fernandes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5824152 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Walter Fernandes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Walter |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernandes |
| SIGNATURE | FERNANDES W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Senior Fellow, North Eastern Social Research Centre Jagriti, Guwahati, Assam, India |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tribal or Indigenous? The Indian Dilemma
Current Maoist struggles, resulting from deprivation of livelihood in the Central Indian tribal belt and for autonomy in Northeast India, focus on the rights of tribes who claim to be indigenous In the Northeast the demand is to be considered the ‘original’ inhabitants of the region and, in the rest of India, it is the first inhabitants of India as a whole. Most conflicts today are around identity, central to which is indigenous status and tribal…
Internally Displaced Persons and Northeast India
Thanks to the neo-liberal economy that has been the official policy in India since July 1991 development-induced displacement is growing in India as a whole as well as in the northeast. The focus on mining and possible 166 dams being planned in the region is bound to displace a much bigger number of people than in the past in the northeast. While it symbolizes globalization, the region witnesses a rise also in the extent of the remaining types of…
Liberalisation and Development-induced Displacement
Development induced displacement and sustainable development
This paper presents the state of displacement and its impact on the already marginalised communities particularly women. Data available on displacement indicate that at least 213 lakhs have been displaced or otherwise deprived of livelihood by development projects between 1951 and 1990. By now they must have crossed 300 lakhs. Most of the Displaced Persons (DPs) are from the assetless rural poor. Tribals constitute more than 40% DPs and Project A…
Article
II. Worksh ops
The workshop brought together some twenty persons from varied and diverse nations and political-economic circumstances - Ghana, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Germany and Zimbabwe. The workshop also reflected a number of Christian denominations - Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Reformed, Roman Catholic and Seventh Day Adventist. The gathering then was truly pluralistic and ecum…
Implications of the Involvement of a Minority Group in People's Struggles
Liberalisation and Development-induced Displacement
Internally Displaced Persons and Northeast India
Thanks to the neo-liberal economy that has been the official policy in India since July 1991 development-induced displacement is growing in India as a whole as well as in the northeast. The focus on mining and possible 166 dams being planned in the region is bound to displace a much bigger number of people than in the past in the northeast. While it symbolizes globalization, the region witnesses a rise also in the extent of the remaining types of…
Tribal or Indigenous? The Indian Dilemma
Current Maoist struggles, resulting from deprivation of livelihood in the Central Indian tribal belt and for autonomy in Northeast India, focus on the rights of tribes who claim to be indigenous In the Northeast the demand is to be considered the ‘original’ inhabitants of the region and, in the rest of India, it is the first inhabitants of India as a whole. Most conflicts today are around identity, central to which is indigenous status and tribal…
Development induced displacement and sustainable development
This paper presents the state of displacement and its impact on the already marginalised communities particularly women. Data available on displacement indicate that at least 213 lakhs have been displaced or otherwise deprived of livelihood by development projects between 1951 and 1990. By now they must have crossed 300 lakhs. Most of the Displaced Persons (DPs) are from the assetless rural poor. Tribals constitute more than 40% DPs and Project A…
II. Worksh ops
The workshop brought together some twenty persons from varied and diverse nations and political-economic circumstances - Ghana, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Germany and Zimbabwe. The workshop also reflected a number of Christian denominations - Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Reformed, Roman Catholic and Seventh Day Adventist. The gathering then was truly pluralistic and ecum…
Implications of the Involvement of a Minority Group in People's Struggles
Article
Development induced displacement and sustainable development
This paper presents the state of displacement and its impact on the already marginalised communities particularly women. Data available on displacement indicate that at least 213 lakhs have been displaced or otherwise deprived of livelihood by development projects between 1951 and 1990. By now they must have crossed 300 lakhs. Most of the Displaced Persons (DPs) are from the assetless rural poor. Tribals constitute more than 40% DPs and Project A…
Liberalisation and Development-induced Displacement
Tribal or Indigenous? The Indian Dilemma
Current Maoist struggles, resulting from deprivation of livelihood in the Central Indian tribal belt and for autonomy in Northeast India, focus on the rights of tribes who claim to be indigenous In the Northeast the demand is to be considered the ‘original’ inhabitants of the region and, in the rest of India, it is the first inhabitants of India as a whole. Most conflicts today are around identity, central to which is indigenous status and tribal…
Internally Displaced Persons and Northeast India
Thanks to the neo-liberal economy that has been the official policy in India since July 1991 development-induced displacement is growing in India as a whole as well as in the northeast. The focus on mining and possible 166 dams being planned in the region is bound to displace a much bigger number of people than in the past in the northeast. While it symbolizes globalization, the region witnesses a rise also in the extent of the remaining types of…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (4 works) · Displacement (psychology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)