Socialism in India traces the growth and achievement of the socialist movement from the establishment of the Indian national Congress in 1885 to date. It focuses the hurdles and problems which have posed a serious threat to the development of the Indian socialist movement. The existing socio-economic conditions of the Indian masses, their economic backwardness and stagnation in their thinking on political and economic issues have been thoroughly analysed. In view of the Government’s professed Allegiance to the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, the author has sought to highlight the failures of the powers that be to eradicate poverty from the country. He concludes that the measures adopted by the Government to remove poverty have only served to increase the already wide gap between the rich and the poor because of large scale corruption prevalent in the political arena. This book is recommended as a must for the public as well as the students and researchers in the field of political science.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chandrika Singh
Chandrika Singh (b. 1944) took his M.A. degree in Political Science from the Magadh University in 1971 and obtained his Ph.D. degree from the same university in 1979. He joined the Sao Chang Government College Tuensang in 1971 and work there as a lecturer, Head of the Department and lastly Vice Principal. Thereafter, he joined the Nagaland University as a Head of the Department of Political Science in 1997 where he is still holding the charge of the Head of the Department. Singh has been the member of Board of the Post-Graduate studies, the School Board and Academic Council of Nagaland University. Dr. Singh has already published books like, Political Evolution of Nagaland (1981), Emergence of Arunachal Pradesh as a State (1989), Socialism in India (1986), Communist and Socialist Movement in India (1987), Indian Nationalism and National Movement (1995), and Constitutional Battles in India (2001). He has also contributed a number of research articles in several leading journals and magazines. Besides these, he has presented papers in various seminars and conferences at regional and national levels. Dr. Singh while living in Northeast India for nearly three decades is a specialist in politics of the North-eastern region of the country.
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