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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820775903321

Titolo

From individual to community [[electronic resource] ] : issues in development studies : essays in memory of Malcolm Adiseshiah / / edited by R. Maria Saleth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chennai, : Madras Institute of Development Studies

Los Angeles, : SAGE, 2012

ISBN

1-280-66755-9

9786613644480

81-321-0990-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SalethR. Maria <1955->

AdiseshiahMalcolm S

Disciplina

307.14

Soggetti

Economic development

Development economics

India Economic policy 1947-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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