India’s Perception, Society, and Development : Essays Unpleasant
by Arup Maharatna
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2013
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| Authors: | Maharatna, Arup |
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India : Springer India |
| Subject: | Indien | India | Entwicklung | Economic development | Gesellschaft | Sozialpolitik | Demographie |
| Description of contents: | Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (XVII, 183 p. 1 illus, digital) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Preface; Contents; About the Author; Part I Quarrelling with Indian Perceptions; 1 Quarrelling with Indian Perceptions; Anchor 2; 2 Dear Departed Ones; Anchor 2; 3 Dreaming Bengal; Anchor 2; 4 Reforming Babu's World View; Anchor 2; 5 The National Library: A Reader's Rendition; Anchor 2; 6 An Anatomy of 'Work Culture'; Anchor 2; 7 Sketching Tagore as a Social Activist; Anchor 2; 8 India's Family Planning Programme: A Muddle Extraordinary; Anchor 2; 9 In Resurrection of Gunnar Myrdal's Asian Drama; Anchor 2; Part II Market, Media, and Development 10 On the Invasion of Neoliberalism into Development ThinkingAnchor 2; 11 What Education?; Anchor 2; 12 What is Meant by 'Changing Times' After All?; Anchor 2; 13 Commodities, Comforts, and Chaos; Anchor 2; 14 Market, Media, and Mediocrity; Anchor 2; 15 Migration, Mediocrity, and Misery; Anchor 2; 16 In the Name of 'Accident'? India's Road Traffic Deaths and Injuries; Anchor 2; Long-Term Trends in Road Traffic Accident Mortality, All-India; Regional Variation; Age-Sex Differentials of RTA Deaths, India, 1971-2001; Destination of the Road? 17 The Demography of North-East India: Perilous Pluralism?Anchor 2; Pre-Independence Period; Trend of Population Growth in NER, 1901-1941: A Comparative Perspective; Fertility and Mortality Trends in North-East India, 1901-1941; Migration into North-East India, 1901-1941; The Post-Independence Period; Population Growth in NER, 1951-2001; Trends in Birth Rate and Death Rate in NER, 1971-2001; Migration into North-East India, 1961-2001; Implications for Tribal Populations and Gender Relations; Continuing Saga of Perilous Pluralism; Part III Society, Culture, and Dilemmas 18 'Who is Civilised?' On the Tribal Traditions, Society, and CultureAnchor 2; 19 India's Social Stratification: Demography and Dilemmas; Anchor 2; Three Broad Social Categories; Castes and Tribes in the Indian Censuses: Digging Up Muddles?; Castes; Tribes; Demographic Underpinnings; Implications; 20 Aping the 'Awful'? Recent Trends in India's North-South Sociocultural Divide; Anchor 2; 21 Understanding Modern Hindu Mind Resurrecting Ashok Rudra's Reading; Anchor 2 |
| ISBN: | 978-81-322-1017-7 ; 978-81-3221017-7 ; 978-81-322-1016-0 |
| Other identifiers: | 10.1007/978-81-322-1017-7 [DOI] |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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