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Development, decentralisation and democracy / edited by Ash Narain Roy and George Mathew.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan, 2015.Description: xii, 364 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9788125058779 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.954 ROY
Contents:
Introduction; 1. The Need for Impatience; 2. A Synopsis of the Development Idea; 3. Reconceptualising Social Development; 4. Towards Some Conceptual Clarifications 5. Development as Growth of GNP: The Troian Horse of Development Discourse; 6. A Post-capitalist Paradigm: The Common Good of Humanity and the Progressive Governments of Latin America; 7. Amartya Sen in Beijing: Comparing Human Development in India and China; 8. Universal Primary Education, the Obstacles in Rural Areas: A Comparison 9. Poverty Alleviation: Reviewing the Indian Food Security Oriented Approach; 10. Metropolitan City Finance in India: Options for a New Fiscal Architecture; 11. Politics of a Public Space Refusing to be Public Enough: A Case of Innovation in Governance from Kerala; 12. Towards Sustainable Innovation: The Plantation Sector in Kerala; 13. State, Markets, and Changing Household Demand for Education in Kerala; 14. Family Planning and the History of Gender in Kerala: A Brief Foray.
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Introduction;
1. The Need for Impatience; 2. A Synopsis of the Development Idea; 3. Reconceptualising Social Development; 4. Towards Some Conceptual Clarifications
5. Development as Growth of GNP: The Troian Horse of Development Discourse;
6. A Post-capitalist Paradigm: The Common Good of Humanity and the Progressive Governments of Latin America;
7. Amartya Sen in Beijing: Comparing Human Development in India and China;
8. Universal Primary Education, the Obstacles in Rural Areas: A Comparison
9. Poverty Alleviation: Reviewing the Indian Food Security Oriented Approach;
10. Metropolitan City Finance in India: Options for a New Fiscal Architecture;
11. Politics of a Public Space Refusing to be Public Enough: A Case of Innovation in Governance from Kerala;
12. Towards Sustainable Innovation: The Plantation Sector in Kerala;
13. State, Markets, and Changing Household Demand for Education in Kerala;
14. Family Planning and the History of Gender in Kerala: A Brief Foray.

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