Discussions about development seldom take note of the feelings and opinion of those who are the subject of development. Recognising the inherent limitations of this approach, the authors have recorded the common man's views on development and have placed them in a theoretical perspective. The authors have deliberately broken away from conventional social science research and have based their book on a set of open-ended and unstructured dialogues.
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`strikingly uninhibited and fresh.' -- Indian Express Magazine 29.6.86 `a very good document, well written' -- Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 5, No. 6, November 1986.@Q
`does a service by systematically putting together the voices of poor people who have a ring of truth and honesty . . . If more books could be written like this and read by the planners, one might expect some sensitive and considerate changes' -- Development Update, 5:2 Jan 1988
`a novel application of critical theory . . . The volume is an important pioneer effort, one that should be duplicated and improved all the world over' -- World Development (UK) Vol 15 No 2 1987
`That (oral history) can be a powerful tool is shown in this collection of interviews with villagers in Bihar state, India. By discussion concerning the realities of their life, their labour, their philosopy and their comments on how the development process has affected them, light is thrown on the by-products of 'modernity' and development.' -- Journal of Contemporary Asia
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978-0-8039-9492-8 (9780803994928)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ramashray Roy is an eminent political philosopher and prolific writer whose work has opened up new vistas in the study of development and democracy in India. He has served as a Senior Fellow as well as the Director of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (Delhi), Director of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (New Delhi), Fellow of the Indian Council of Historical Research (New Delhi), National Fellow and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (Shimla). He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad.
Professor Roy has published dozens of books including India's 2004 Elections: Grass-roots and National Perspectives (2007), India's 1999 Elections and 20th Century Politics (2003) and Dialogues on Development: The Individual, Society and State and Political Order (1986).
PART ONE: NEEDS, DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL ORDER
Introduction
Life Experience and Expectations of Dialogue Participants
PART TWO: GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
Dialogues
PART THREE: SOCIETY, THEN AND NOW
Introduction
Dialogues
PART FOUR: ON HAPPINESS
Introduction
Dialogues
PART FIVE: VISION OF SOCIETY
Introduction
Dialogues
