India: Social Development Report 2010
The Land Question and the Marginalized
Published on 12. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-19-807067-2 (ISBN)
Description
This report is a collection of analytical studies based on concrete evidence showing the record of social development in India. It strongly posits that development has to be a comprehensive process of change benefiting not only the recognized dimensions of human development but also the conditions of -the marginalized-Dalits, women, and children. A comprehensive analysis of the key issues of development, this report focuses on the land question and the marginalized-issues that remain at the core of much of the crisis in Indian society, economy, and polity. l l The essays present an intensive analysis of the history of development in the years since Independence. Divided into four sections, this report covers various key issues of social development. While the first section concentrates on child rights and administrative reforms, the second focuses on the land question. The following section includes the social development index which provides useful statistical information on social dimensions of development.
In conclusion, the report examines why an alternative development strategy is needed so that India can move towards achieving the goals enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
In conclusion, the report examines why an alternative development strategy is needed so that India can move towards achieving the goals enshrined in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
28 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-807067-2 (9780198070672)
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Content
Foreword by Muchkund Dubey; Introduction: Social Development and the Story of the Marginalized Manoranjan Mohanty; Part I: Social Development: Key Issues 1. State of Poverty and Malnutrition in India R. Radhakrishna, C. Ravi, and B. Sambi Reddy; 2. Women, Disparities, and Development C.P. Sujaya; 3. Dalits and Development Surinder S. Jodhka; 4. The Forest Rights Act, the Adivasis, and the State Shankar Gopalkrishnan; 5. Child Rights and Implications for Indias Democracy Shantha Sinha; 6. Universalizing School Education Muchkund Dubey; 7. Para Teachers, Education Guarantee Scheme, and PPP: Road to Dismantling the Public Education System Sadhna Saxena; 8. Issues of Health and Equity in India N. J. Kurian; 9. Informal Employment in India Ajit K. Ghose; 10. Of Minorities and Social Development: The Case of Indias Missing Muslims Riaz Ahmad; 11. Rights in Theory and in Practice: A Case Study of the NREGA Kaustav Banerjee; 12. Violence in Contemporary India: Trends, Causes, Interventions K. S. Subramanian; 13. Social Development and Administrative Reforms Dolly Arora; PART II: The Land Question and the Marginalized 14. Land Reforms: Unfinished Agenda or Reversal of Policy K.B. Saxena; 15. Agrarian Crisis and Challenges in Reviving Small Farmer Economy D. Narasimha Reddy; 16. Improving the Rural Poors Access to Land and Water in India T. Haque; 17. Landlessness and Marginalization: A Study of Kalahandi, Bhojpur, and Chittoor Suranjita Ray, G.N.Trivedi, N. Sukumar, and Manoranjan Mohanty; 18. Changing Agrarian Scene: Sociology of Land, Wages, and Indebtedness in UP Prashant Kumar Trivedi; PART III: Social Development Index (SDI) 19. Social Development Index 2010 Kaustav Banerjee; PART IV: Concluding Essay 20. Why an Alternative Model of Economic Development ? Amit Bhaduri; Notes on Contributors; Index