Diversity-driven path of development and democracy in contemporary India: From holistic and long-term perspective

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24310185
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Tanabe Akio 京都大学, アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 教授 (30262215)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SUGIHARA Kaoru 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 教授 (60117950) ; WAKIMURA Kohei 大阪市立大学, 経済学研究科, 教授 (30230931) ; FUJITA Koichi 京都大学, 東南アジア研究所, 教授 (80272441) ; NAKAMIZO Kazuya 京都大学, 大学院アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 准教授 (90596793) ; ISHIZAKA Shinya 愛媛大学, 法文学部, 准教授 (20525068)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: インド / 発展径路 / デモクラシー / 多様性 / 生存基盤 / 開発民主主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We argue that there is a South Asian path of development and democratization.
Four perspectives are suggested in order to understand contemporary India. It is not a normative evaluation but an attempt to understand present India from within regional history and in globally comparative terms.
1) Livability approach: Beyond productivity approach and capability approach. 2) South Asian path of development: Diverse livability through ‘segmentary participation’. 3) ‘Developmental democracy’: Economic liberalization, decentralization & participatory measures. 4) ‘Reassembling diversities’: Beyond postcolonial dichotomies

Free Research Field

人類学・地域研究