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China and India - the two emerging economies with growing influence the world over - are also undergoing profound social and cultural change. While China introduced a variety of economic and political reforms in 1978, India initiated economic reforms only in 1991. These shifts produced significantly higher rates of growth than witnessed during the preceding decades. The rapid pace of economic growth in both these countries transformed their economies in many ...
A set of about a dozen of studies and surveys, specially commissioned by ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research), this book encapsulates the progress of research in certain neglected segments in the social sciences. The survey begins with an examination of the historical background of tribes, rural and agrarian studies, political sociology, and urban sociology. It proceeds to study the role of caste and caste organisations in local and national ...
India and Indonesia have had a long history of communication, going back to the earlier centuries of the Christian era. They also share a history of colonial rule by two European countries. They became independent of colonial rule within two years of each other. In the 1950s the two countries shared certain views of their alignment with the rest of the world but from the 1960s the views seemed to diverge. Strategies of economic development also differed in the ...