Indian society has witnessed a cataclysmic change, both externally and internally, due to the implications of modernization, westernization, industrialization and the initiatives of the government sponsored development programmes. The change witnessed in the society does not reflect the positive elements for achieving peace and prosperity. As a result, one could witness social conflict in the Indian society despite the functioning of democracy to achieve development. Government machinery has involved in development activities in a massive way to alleviate poverty and to achieve prosperity. But still the question remains unanswered as to what extent basic entitlements of the poor are secured. This book tries to analyse the process of social transformation and evaluate the role of government in ensuring the entitlements of the people. The issues are analysed not in the backdrop of any theory but from the perspective of the people. The discussion on the issues is being visualized in a futuristic way.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G Palanithurai
G. Palanithurai teaches Political Science and Development Administration at the Post-Graduate level in Rural University, Gandhigram. Tamil Nadu, Currently he is the chairman of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He has a number of books to his credit. Some of the important titles include Reaction and Response in Legislature, Role Perception of Legislators, A Comparative Analysis of Political Performance of DMK and AIADMK, Perspectives on Indian Regionalism,Ethnic Movement in India: Theory and Practice, Dynamics of Tamil Nadu Politics in Sri Lankan Ethnicity, Indian Polity: Myth and Reality and Management of ethnic Conflict in India and Canada He has written extensively in national and international Journals on Legislative Behaviour and Ethnicity. He has completed a major research project funded by ICSSR besides other minor projects. He was awarded Shastri Indo Canadian Institute fellowship to visit Canada and the US to write a book on Ethnic Conflict Management in Canada and India. He has undertaken major project entitled, Strategies to stimulate upward Social Mobility, with The Mother's Service Society, Pondicherry. He is actively involved in the thinktank group in Tamil Nadu to prepare an Agenda for 21st Century, Tamil Nadu. He is a life member of various professional associations.
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