This is the first of four readers for students of women’s studies, particularly for Masters’ level courses in women’s studies, and more generally across undergraduate and certificate courses as the concept of ‘gender’ has been introduced at all levels of curricula. The reader reflects many of the concerns that have come up in women’s studies across two decades. This first volume focuses on some of the major economic and social ...
Development, Displacement and Disparity: India in the Last Quarter of the Twentieth Century
This volume marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, one of the premier institutions of social science research in the country. It is a collection of essays on the economic and social imbalances that emerged in the process of India's economic development in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The papers discuss a wide range of issues that the existing literature on India's economic development has somehow ...