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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822586703321

Autore

Mukherjee Ramkrishna

Titolo

The measure of time in the appraisal of social reality [[electronic resource] /] / by Ramkrishna Mukherjee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-4438-1138-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (98 p.)

Disciplina

303.40954

954.052

Soggetti

History - India

India Politics and government 1977-

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; INDEX OF NAMES; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Coming on the eve of the Indian elections of 2009, The Measure of Time in the Appraisal of Social Reality is a timely and an explosive expose of what went wrong in Indian developmental planning. Focussing on the land, caste and gender issues, and advocating a place-time-people based research agenda, the Measure of Time is a scathing critique of how the elite nexus between politics and academic neo colonialism has subverted the course of genuine development in India. This is a must read for ...