Includes bibliographical references and index.

Between subsistence and surplus -- Traditional economy, sustainability and subsistence : understanding India's north east / Tiplut Nongbri -- The post-colonial market : India's north east / Samir Kumar Das -- Developmental impacts on people -- Developmentalism and consequences : displacement and marginalization in India's north east / Walter Fernandes -- India's developmentalism in northeast region and its consequences : identity, uncertainty and migration / Deepak K. Mishra -- Development and women labour market in India's north east : an empirical understanding / Archana Sharma -- New development at the periphery -- Neoliberal developmentalism : state strategy in India's north east / Rakhee Bhattacharya -- The politics of corridors : "seamless connectivity", trans-regional engagements and narratives of development / Anita Sengupta -- Development of India's north east : cross-border market, trade and sub-regional cooperation / Gurudas Das -- Development through trade : re-examining India's act east policy and the northeastern region / Thongkholal Haokip -- Alternative from below -- Environmental security and human rights : foundations for real development? / Felix Padel -- Conservations versus peoples' entitlements : contestations in Kaziranga National Park / Akhil Ranjan Dutta -- International financial institutions in India's north east : pattern and impact on people and environment / Jiten Yumnam -- About the editor and contributors -- Index.