regional imbalances
CONCLUSION
Need for an Integrated Approach
The prime concern of this study has been an inquiry into the process and persistence of regional imbalances in social development within northern region of the state of
Karnataka with special attention on the problem of chronic backwardness and subsequent low standards of human life in both the Bombay-Karnataka and the
Hyderabad-Karnataka regions within North Karnataka. Through a detailed study on
North Karnataka, it has been an attempt to understand the dynamics of regional imbalances in social development within the framework of political economy.
Introducing the study with the renewed debate on development, it has been examined various theoretical propositions concerning the broader discourse on development from centre-periphery, dependency to the recent human development approaches. In this regard, dependency theories, which have tried to account for the underdevelopment of the third world countries, throw light on many aspects can be applied to regional studies. It is noteworthy that this body of literature certainly provides useful economic explanations at understanding the issue of regional imbalances in development, despite considerable criticisms against these approaches in terms of its inherent logical limitations of applying the same set of arguments at a different scale.
A significantly different perspective in the 1990s has been provided by a group of scholars, whose views on human development provided a fairly bold and sufficiently convincing explanation for understanding regional imbalances in development. This has been a significant departure from the traditional practice of measuring regional imbalances on the basis of Per Capita Income, (PCI) Gross
National Product (GNP) growth rates, etc. As pointed out in the study, the Human
Development approach basically revolves around development indicators such as attainment of education, provision of healthcare facilities, reduced
Need for an Integrated Approach
The prime concern of this study has been an inquiry into the process and persistence of regional imbalances in social development within northern region of the state of
Karnataka with special attention on the problem of chronic backwardness and subsequent low standards of human life in both the Bombay-Karnataka and the
Hyderabad-Karnataka regions within North Karnataka. Through a detailed study on
North Karnataka, it has been an attempt to understand the dynamics of regional imbalances in social development within the framework of political economy.
Introducing the study with the renewed debate on development, it has been examined various theoretical propositions concerning the broader discourse on development from centre-periphery, dependency to the recent human development approaches. In this regard, dependency theories, which have tried to account for the underdevelopment of the third world countries, throw light on many aspects can be applied to regional studies. It is noteworthy that this body of literature certainly provides useful economic explanations at understanding the issue of regional imbalances in development, despite considerable criticisms against these approaches in terms of its inherent logical limitations of applying the same set of arguments at a different scale.
A significantly different perspective in the 1990s has been provided by a group of scholars, whose views on human development provided a fairly bold and sufficiently convincing explanation for understanding regional imbalances in development. This has been a significant departure from the traditional practice of measuring regional imbalances on the basis of Per Capita Income, (PCI) Gross
National Product (GNP) growth rates, etc. As pointed out in the study, the Human
Development approach basically revolves around development indicators such as attainment of education, provision of healthcare facilities, reduced