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A Nostalgic Socioeconomic History of Tarar

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  • Sudhanshu K. MISHRA

    (North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 91 - 793022, New Delhi, India.)

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This paper uses an autobiographical mode in narrating the evolution and role of institutions in the development and the subsequent decline of a village economy in Bihar, India. It shows how cooperation helps and later envy, discordance and destructive attitudes overpower the constructive attitudes to life, how such attitudes enter into the cultural fabric of the people and how such changes make the village fall on its knees. The paper highlights the role of social capital in economic development.

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  • Sudhanshu K. MISHRA, 2017. "A Nostalgic Socioeconomic History of Tarar," Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences, KSP Journals, vol. 4(1), pages 105-123, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksp:journ4:v:4:y:2017:i:1:p:105-123
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    Keywords

    Autobiographical; Village economy; Envy-barrier to development; Cultural economics; Destructive leadeship.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal
    • P49 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Other
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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