Societies, Social Inequalities and Marginalization: Marginal Regions in the 21st Century (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Chapter 1. Introduction (Raghubir Chand).- Part I: Poverty, social inequalities, marginalization and globalization.- Chapter 2. Marginality and marginalization (Stanko Pelc).- Chapter 3. Poverty and Global Warming: an Example of the Kyrgyz Republic (Asylbek A. Aidarliev).- Chapter 4. Socio-economic wellbeing and mental health profile of rural hill women of Uttarakhand, India (Lata Pande).- Chapter 5. The Status of Marginalized Women Tea Garden Workers in the Mountain ecosystem of Darjeeling in a Globalised Village (Moushumi Datta).- Chapter 6. Level of Socio-Economic Development in the Mountain Watershed of Uttarakhand State (India) (Savita Chauniyal).- The Tales of Origin and Settling Process of Marginal Societies in Bhutan (Aditi Chand).- Part II: Indigenous communities, identity, livelihood practices and biodiversity.- Chapter 8. Consequences of the Ottoman Land Law: Agrarian and Privatization Processes in Palestine, 1858-1918 (Ruth Kark).- Chapter 9. Negev Bedouin and Indigenous People: A Comparative Review (Havazelet Yahel).- Chapter 10. Changing Identity, livelihood and Biodiversity of Indigenous Communities in The Eastern Himalaya with special reference to Aka Tribe (Gibji Nimasow).- Chapter 11. The changing socio-economic profile of the Shokas and Rangs vis-a-vis the loss of agro-diversity, and the exploitation of Yartsa Gunbu (the caterpillar mushroom): A case study of the Askote Conservation Landscape, district Pithoragarh, Kumaun Himalaya (Chandra Singh Negi).- Chapter 12. Brokpa Yak Herders of Bhutan: A Study in Pastoral Livelihood Patterns, Transhumance and "drukor" (Raghubir Chand).- Chapter 13. Occupational Diversification and Changing Marginality conditions of Brokpas of Bhutan in Twenty First Century (Raghubir Chand).- Chapter 14. Socio-Cultural and Nutritional Environment of a Marginal Community of Uttarakhand-A Case Study of Tharu Tribe (B. R. Pant).- Part III: Migration, depopulation and environmental fragility.- Chapter 15. Similarity of the Spatial Patterns of Net Migration and Unemployment in Finland (Olli Lehtonen).- Chapter 16. Regional Pattern of Migration Flows in Uttarakhand, India (R.C.S. Taragi).- Part IV: Policies and strategies.- Chapter 17. Tourism In the Swiss Alps: the human factor in local development (Walter Leimgruber).- Chapter 18. Garhwal Himalaya - Potential of Cash Crops in Attaining Food Security and Enhancing Livelihoods - Khanda Gad Watershed case study (Vishwambhar Prasad Sati.