Isbn: 9788125041962 - re-imagining india and other essays (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 284.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Preface 1 Beyond Liberalisation Social Opportunity and Human CapabilityAmartya Sen 2 Human Development Paradigm for South AsiaMahbub ul Haq 3 Towards Creating a Poverty-Free WorldMuhammad Yunus 4 Post-Apartheid South Africa Truth Reconciliation and JusticeAlbie Sachs 5 Peering into the Abyss of the FutureNoam Chomsky 6 Re-imagining IndiaBhikhu Parekh 7 The Future of the Indian PastRomila Thapar 8 The Idea of India as an Ideal Can Our Dreams Come TrueI G Patel 9 The Nation-State in the Global AgeAnthony Giddens 10 Crises Today and the Future of CapitalismJoseph StiglitzRe-imagining India and Other Essays brings together a collection of writings that originated from annual lectures organised at the Institute of Social Sciences by leading economists political and legal thinkers sociologists linguists and historians Addressing a diverse array of themes the essays are bound by a common thread--concern for humanity This volume explores a wide range of issues as varied as--need for basic education poverty human development index self-employment over wage employment the apartheid regime in South Africa the role of democracy in counter-striking terrorism the function of multiculturalism in preserving solidarity of a nation the rise of Hindutva and its ideological implications and the relevance of Gandhian and Nehruvian ideals in shaping of modern IndiaCommemorating well-known economist Professor D T Lakdawala?s contributions in the contemporary context the scholars emphasise on the need to replace profit maximization by profit-making and social returns As the global economy struggles with an unprecedented recession--which has led to millions becoming unemployed and small investors and pensioners losing their life-long savings--the contributors underline the importance of revisiting the social-political-ideological structure which largely shapes our policy making Jacket 260 pp.…