Outcome of the written contributions and deliberations of a national seminar, this is perhaps the most outstanding book on the theme of empowerment of the weaker sections in India. Organized in three sections, it provides authoritative treatment of the concept of empowerment and its relationship with the profession of Social Work, characteristics, concerns and contributions of the civil society organizations, and the commitment and response from the government and civil society organizations for empowerment of the weaker sections. Instead of just compiling descriptions of pious policies, programmes and their monotonous analysis of inefficient implementation, the contributors to this volume have all been very forthright in calling a spade a spade and giving some fresh ideas in which the empowerment of the weaker sections can be undertaken in time to come. This book is a must read for the teachers, researchers and students from the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, social work, and political science and policy and programme designers for the weaker sections.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR H.S. Verma
Harnam Singh Verma (b. 1942) is a senior sociologist who has worked in such prestigious institutions as the NIRD, Hyderabad (1965-1971), CIDCO Ltd., Mumbai (1971-1974), IIM, Ahmedabad (1975-1977), GIDs, Lucknow (1977-1982) and State Plg Com, U.P. (1982-1993). He has also taught full courses at the TISS, Mumbai as a visiting faculty (1971-72, 1972-73). He was the Member-Secretary-Coordinator of the Expert Committee on Creamy Layer and a Member of the Committee for Fixation of the Percentage of Reservations for the OBCs, both appointed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1993. he was a Member, State Commission for the Backward Classes, Uttar Pradesh and a Member of the Working Group on Empowerment of the OBCs of the Tenth Five Year Plan. He has authored/co-authored/edited /co-edited nine books, written two dozen monographs, contributed thirty pieces to books edited by others and published 44 research papers in prestigious national and international journals. Social Change in Rural Areas, Industrial Families in India: An enquiry in to nature of their entrepreneurship, Bombay, New Bombay and Metropolitan Region: Growth process and Planning lessons, The OBCs and the ruling classes in India, and The OBCs and the dynamics of social exclusion in India are some of his books that are rated as classics. He has been working on the OBCs for the last 14 years.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.B.S. Verma
R.B.S. Verma, Professor and Head Department of Social Work at the University Lucknow, is a very senior teacher, researcher and educational administrator. He is recipient of Indira Gandhi NSS Award from the Government of India. Supervisory Management, Child Labour in India (English), Bharat Mein Karmik Prabhandh Evam Audyogig Sambandh, Audyogig Adhikshan and Samaj Karya Ke Kshetra (Hindi) are the five books earlier published by him. His areas of interest include human resource management, social welfare administration, social change and social research.
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