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Transitional puzzles : reflections on social, economic and political issues /

Transitional Puzzles: Reflections on Social, Economic and Political Issues is a collection of essays on India. Remarkable for its jargon-free clarity, the book is intended for the common man who seeks to understand the India he lives in. The articles offer simple analysis of complex policies, dealin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Datta, Amlan, 1924-2010
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Our ever-increasing family
  • Unity today
  • Transitional puzzles
  • Economics of urban agglomerations
  • Sustainable growth
  • Industrialisation and social reconstruction
  • Beyond the short run
  • The great transition
  • Towards an alternative economic order
  • New perspectives of economic development
  • Democracy, rural reconstruction and humanism
  • Higher education in India: a dilemma
  • Education, science and economic development
  • Tagore's philosophy of education
  • Power of religion
  • Ambedkar : a rebel with a cause
  • On Gandhism
  • What Gandhi meant by God
  • Kumarappa's critique of high industrialisation
  • Life world : private and public domains
  • Beyond the clash of civilisations
  • The problem of corruption
  • Atheistic idolatry
  • The decline of communism
  • Reason, revolution and social progress
  • The limits of hedonism
  • Beyond the welfare state
  • The future of India's polity
  • People's power
  • The spirit of Indian democracy
  • Quest for the ideal
  • A new radicalism
  • Socialism reviewed
  • The liberal approach
  • A finer humanism.