From individual to community
From individual to community issues in development studies : essays in memory of Malcolm Adiseshiah / [electronic resource] :
edited by R. Maria Saleth.
- New Delhi : SAGE India, 2012.
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; 1 -- Issues in Development Studies: An Overview; 2 -- Globalization: Its Portents for Indian Culture; 3 -- Growth of a Wasteland; 4 -- Whither the Indian Village? Culture and Agriculture in 'Rural' India; 5 -- Gender Inequalities: Neglected Dimensions and Hidden Facets; 6 -- Cultural Politics of Environment and Development: The Indian Experience; 7 -- State, Households and Markets in Education; 8 -- Development as a Human Right or as Political Largesse. 9 -- The Power of Uncertainty: Reflections on the Nature of Transformational Initiatives10 -- Lineages of Political Society; 11 -- The Politics of Social Justice; About the Editor and Contributors; Index.
From Individual to Community brings together a set of papers that provides critical commentaries on various facets of the ongoing process of development. The book addresses issues that concern developing countries--such as globalization, economic growth, rural transformation, gender equality, educational reforms and the Dalit movement--from a multidisciplinary perspective. Based on the theoretical framework of the normative principles, the book evaluates issues that are specifically relevant in the Indian context--rich versus poor, globalization versus sustainable development, and so on. Devoid o.
9788132109907 (electronic bk.) 8132109902 (electronic bk.)
Community development.
Social Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Electronic books.
HN49.C6 / F76 2012eb
307.14
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; 1 -- Issues in Development Studies: An Overview; 2 -- Globalization: Its Portents for Indian Culture; 3 -- Growth of a Wasteland; 4 -- Whither the Indian Village? Culture and Agriculture in 'Rural' India; 5 -- Gender Inequalities: Neglected Dimensions and Hidden Facets; 6 -- Cultural Politics of Environment and Development: The Indian Experience; 7 -- State, Households and Markets in Education; 8 -- Development as a Human Right or as Political Largesse. 9 -- The Power of Uncertainty: Reflections on the Nature of Transformational Initiatives10 -- Lineages of Political Society; 11 -- The Politics of Social Justice; About the Editor and Contributors; Index.
From Individual to Community brings together a set of papers that provides critical commentaries on various facets of the ongoing process of development. The book addresses issues that concern developing countries--such as globalization, economic growth, rural transformation, gender equality, educational reforms and the Dalit movement--from a multidisciplinary perspective. Based on the theoretical framework of the normative principles, the book evaluates issues that are specifically relevant in the Indian context--rich versus poor, globalization versus sustainable development, and so on. Devoid o.
9788132109907 (electronic bk.) 8132109902 (electronic bk.)
Community development.
Social Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Electronic books.
HN49.C6 / F76 2012eb
307.14