Dr Bhabani Shankar Nayak has completed his B.A (Hons}, M.A in Political Science from Utkal University, Orissa, M.Phil from the University of Hyderabad, India, and D.Phil in Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He has taught in the Universities in Sussex, Glasgow, Manchester, and York. He is working as Senior Lecturer in Business Strategy at the Coventry Business School, Coventry University, UK. He is the author of Nationalizing Crisis: The Political Economy of Public Policy in Contemporary India, Atlantic, New Delhi.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Neoliberal Lineages and Trends in the Political Economy of Development in IndiaChapter 2: Indian Federalism and the Political Economy of Neoliberal Development in Orissa.Chapter 3: Tribals and the Political Economy of Tribal Development in India: A Study of Transitions in Kalahandi district of OrissaChapter 4: Impact of the New Economic Reforms on Tribals as a Poor Economic Class in Kalahandi: Locating Economic Transition of Tribals.Chapter 5: Impact of the New Economic Reforms on Tribals as Socially Disadvantaged Groups in Kalahandi: Locating Social and Cultural Transition of Tribals.ConclusionBibliography