B.K. Prasad
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Library science, more accurately labeled "librarianship," is a professional area of study, it is not a science, even though most library schools incorporate information science in the curriculum. Graduates of library schools are primarily concerned with such tasks as evaluating, processing, storing, and retrieving information, and with collection development and bibliographic processes and products. Librarians are being called upon to learn audiovisual ...
Although it has often been taken as a general definition of the city and urban culture (whence the commonsense notion that cities must fulfill commercial functions), Pirenne’s formulation was deficient because only the European medieval city and its burgher culture were taken as typical of the “true†city. Max Weber in The City (1921) provided another definition of the city, similar to Pirenne’s, when he contrasted “Occidental†with “Oriental†...
Although overall energy production has increased greatly since the 1960s. Energy consumption per capita remains extremely low in most Asian countries. The more economically developed countries have moderate to high consumption levels. These include the former Soviet republics, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong (now a special administrative region of China), Malaysia, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. The village has traditionally been contrasted with ...
The factors that govern whether and with whom people will affiliate, as well as whether and how they will attempt to influence or be influenced by others, have received much attention by social psychologists. Researchers have determined, for example, that if people are not sure how they should feel or behave in response to a new or unpleasant situation, they will seek the company of others who may be able to provide the lacking information. Social psychologists ...
Population, term refers to the total human inhabitants of a specified area, such as a city, country, or continent, at a given time. Population study as a discipline is known as demography. It is concerned with the size, composition, and distribution of populations; their patterns of change over time through births, deaths, and migration, and the determinants and consequences of such changes. Population studies yield knowledge important for planning, particularly ...
Much of today's international development effort is directed at a variety of organizations and institutions-social change is seldom achieved by an individual acting alone. Probably the most basic definition of voluntary organizations is that they are purposeful role-bound social units. In other words, they are groups of individual who allocate tasks between themselves to contribute to a common goal. Today NGOs face a particular set of challenges which require ...
The 73 Constitutional Amendment in 1993 for the first time provided a statutory imperative for the establishment of Gram Sabhas in rural India. All the state governments, conforming to the provision, accordingly provided for Gram Sabha in their respective Panchayati Raj Acts. This was a major step in the legal empowerment of Gram Sabha. Conceptually, it was generally considered as the assembly of all registered voters of a Village, Panchayat, or a group of ...
The multi-faceted approach of development planning has added effectively towards eradication of the traditional socio-historical roots of mass poverty and of chronic hunger from various angles. In countries still under the process of development like in India, planning in the past has been interwoven with the enliftment of regional economy. Planners tended to forget the social and environmental aspects, which go hand in hand with all kinds of planning. The ...