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The traditional Indian social system has been changing very fast because of the steadily engulfing forces of modernization, urbanization, industrialization and other such processes. It has drastically affected the rural family structure in general and the age-old Indian joint family system in particular. In urban fringes the joint family system has been disintegrated to a large extent and therefore, the social and economic significance of this institution has ...
Street children can be considered as one of the by-products of the urbanisation process in developing countries. These children are to struggle very hard for their survival on the streets in very highly competitive environments, otherwise they fall prey to the public or even to their own parents also. Their childhood is seized, they are abused and their labour is greatly exploited for the benefit of others. In this book an attempt has been made to present a ...
Life without male or female cannot be thought of. Therefore they are considered as the two sides of the same coin. But surprisingly in many great traditions of the world, they are not considered as equal and in a poor and tradition-bound country, like India, gender inequality has been a major inherent social problem since the hoary past. In patrilineal societies they are treated as subservient to their male counterparts and are discriminated in many fronts in ...
India is a multi-ethnic country and most of the communities are patriarchal, patrilineal and patrilocal in nature. In this social base, women do not find equal social status at par with their male counterparts. However, their status differs from one social group of people to another within this social base depending upon their economic importance, socio-cultural ethos and other associated factors. In the present study apart from providing the theoretical base an ...
Essentials of Supply Chain Management is an integrated document for understanding the business processes of an enterprise, and will be useful in confronting emerging challenges posed by the external environment. It aims to facilitate executives in formulating a comprehensive strategy and control framework, closely aligned towards the customer, and delivering value for money as the ultimate objective. This book is meant for graduate students and professionals of ...
This book, as a pioneering piece of work attempts to focus the strategy of functioning of primary schools established in tribal areas by government and non-government agencies. It has highlighted how do these schools perform comparatively in two eastern Indian states, namely Orissa and Chhattisgarh in which quite a good number of tribal people have been residing since time immemorial as the autochthones. The study is broadly divided into two parts. In the first ...