Labour Reforms and Decent Work in India : A Study of Labour Inspection in India By K R Shyam Sundar

Labour Reforms and Decent Work in India : A Study of Labour Inspection in India

By K R Shyam Sundar

ISBN No.: 9788189640934

Pages: 313p

Edition: 2010(HardBound)

Price: Rs 595.00

About the Book Globalization is an over arching phenomenon which is reflective of and contributing to the radical developments in the field of technology, communications, competition in the product and factor markets, role of state and so on. Globalization, thus understood, has posed enormous challenges to the institutions of labour regulation. Labour regulation is one component of social regulations that seeks to govern the labour market and the industrial relations system. Employers and critics of labour regulation in India seek reforms in almost all spheres of labour regulation; they have criticized the so-called 'Inspector Raj' and labour bureaucracy and demanding reforms in both. Trade unions too criticize the deficiencies in the inspection system, but from a different perspective. The regional governments have been keen to introduce reforms in labour inspection system in response to employers' demands. Thus, the institutional framework of labour market governance is in a flux. View points clash, controversies galore and perspectives are lost. Studies literature on some aspects of them such as labour inspections is desirable, even necessary. This monograph on labour inspection is an attempt in this regard. The monograph will be useful to labour administrators, policy markets, trade union, employers, as well as to academics interested in the world of work. About the Author K.R.Shyam Sundar is a Reader in the Department of Economics, Guru Nank Coolege of Arts, Science and commerce which is affliated to Mumbai University. He holds a Ph.D. Degree in Economics from Mumbai University. He has published over fourty research articles and book reviews in the field of Industrial Relations and Labour Economics in well known research outlel such as the Indian Journal of labour Economics, Economics and Political Weekly,Indian Journal of Industrial Relations. He Has been a visiting Fellow at the International Institute of Lbour Studies, International Labour Office, Geneva, during 2006. HE has completed five research projects on topices such as Labour Regulation and social Dialogue sponsored by agencies like the European Union, the international Labour Office. He Visited China in 2008 to study the issues of Labour flexibility an Labour Law Reforms in China under the cultural Exchange programme of academics between India and China. His books include Benchmarking Industrial Relations and Labour Market (2008) (Published by the ICFAI University, Hyderabad), etc.

Privatization Unbound Experiences in Bangladesh and India By Nalin Bharti

Privatization Unbound Experiences in Bangladesh and India

By Nalin Bharti

ISBN No.: 9788189640835

Pages: 332p

Edition: 2010(HardBound)

Price: Rs 595.00

About the Book Privatization has been practiced in various economics with different hopes and origins. This volume is an eye opener to focus the post privatization experiences in a least developed economy like Bangladesh and developing economy like India. Book explores the concept of privatization and discusses issues involved in its practice. It finds the interesting trends in the policy shift from nationalization to privatization in both economies. The field dependent and field independent research provides in manufacturing as well as services such as telecom. In the current world of global challenges, it caution governments towards more precautionary policies and demonstrates how the ill regulated private enterprises are as bad as ill regulated private enterprises. This volume offers common guidelines to stakeholder in privatization with in and beyond Bangladesh and India and also experiments how privatization attempt is unbound without serious answer to central questions in privatization : what, how and whom to privatize? About the Author Nalin Bharti (Ph.D, JNU) is and Assistant Professor at Humanities and Social sciences, IIT Patna. Before joining IIT Patna, he has also taught at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (India's top law school in the year 2008) and 12th finance Commission, Government of India in 2004. He has presented and published several post doctoral research papers in leading global organizations and Journals.

Growth Globalization and Agriculture in India by S.S. Somra, Kuldeep Singh

Growth Globalization and Agriculture in India

By S.S. Somra, Kuldeep Singh

ISBN No.: 9788189640996
Pages: viii+266p.
Edition: 2010(HardBound)
Price: Rs 675.00

About the Book

The present book title 'Growth Globalization and Agricultural in India' discuss diverse aspects of growth globalization and agricultural development in India. The book brings a unique ringside prospective to the present growth and globalization impact on agricultural sector of recent crucial decades in India's economic development (since 1991). Despite the current upswing in growth, the book attention a number of factors that constraint the performance of the economy. The book articulating comprehensive new economy policy reforms in India. In Recent years, the Indian economy has achieved a high growth trajectory becoming one of the largest economies in the world. No doubt, in last two decade the remarkable transformation of Indian economy from slow growing economy to one of the fastest growing economy in the world. Reviewing the background, contest, timing and persistence of economic reforms since 1991 the book describes in fascinating detail of growth globalization and agriculture in India. Hence, the book provides a through treatment of Contemporary issues. Eloquently presented, the book should be useful to both economist and non - economist alike.

About the Author

Dr. S.S. Somra has obtained B.A. (Honours), M.A. (1stclass), M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree in Economics, from Department of Economics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He has also qualified the National Education Test (NET) from University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Now he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Dr. Somra has also participated in many National and International conferences and contributed several papers to various reputed journals. He also did work in some projects. Dr. Somra is life member of Indian Economic Association (IEA), The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) and Rajasthan Economic Association (REA) and also annual member of some other national and international societies of economics. Dr. Somra won the first prize from World Bank (2006) in the series of James D, Wolfensohn essay competition to Promoting peer Group Dialogue in South Asia. He is awarded “Rashtriya Gaurav Award” for outstanding excellence in Education, “Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award” for extra-ordinary achievement and contribution in Education and “Best Citizens of India Award”, for exceptional caliber and outstanding by different societies.
Dr. Kuldeep Singh is working as a Lecturer in Faculty of Management at Biff & Bright College of Technical Education, Jaipur.

Understanding Global Social Policy By Nicola Yeates, The Policy Press

Understanding Global Social Policy
By Nicola Yeates, The Policy Press
ISBN No.: 9788189640767
Pages: 352p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 995.00

About This Book
As a field of study, global social policy has grown in strength and remit over the last decade and offers a fresh set of perspectives on contemporary debates within social policy. This book is the first student-aimed textbook that comprehensively engages with this field of study, examining the key theoretical and policy debates and issues.Written by an international team of leading social policy analysts, it examines the impact of the prefix 'global' on the ways in which social policy as a field of study is constructed and explores how the globalising strategies of state and non-state actors intersect with social policy concerns, evaluating their impacts upon social welfare. The book emphasises the role of supra-national organisations and international actors in social policy formation and highlights the 'bottom-up' transnational pressures and forces in the formation of global social policy as well as 'top-down' ones associated with intergovernmental fora and organisations. It provides a historial perspective on current developments and debates in global social policy and focuses on policy processes, content and impacts.Designed with the needs of students in mind the book includes useful chapter summaries, illustrative boxes and diagrams, and pointers to relevant websites and other sources of further information that will be invaluable to undergraduate and postgraduate students in social policy, sociology, health studies and development studies.

Author Biography
Nicola Yeates is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the Open University, Milton Keynes, England. She has extensive research experience in the area of globalisation, migration and social policy, and is co-Editor of Global Social Policy.

Contents
The idea of global social policy - Nicola Yeates
Global and regional social governance - Bob Deacon
The global transfer of social policy - Rob Hulme and Moira Hulme
Business and global social policy formation - Kevin Farnsworth
International trade and welfare - Christopher Holden
Global labour policy - Robert O'Brien
Global health policy - Meri Koivusalo and Eeva Ollila
Global housing and urban policy - Sunil Kumar
Global pensions policy - Mitchell Orenstein
Global migration policy - Nicola Yeates
Global population policy - Sarah Sexton, Larry Lohmann and Nicolas Hildyard
Conclusion - Nicola Yeates.

Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth : Policies and prospects By Tess Ridge, Sharon Wright, The Policy Press

Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth : Policies and prospects By Tess Ridge, Sharon Wright, The Policy Press
ISBN No.: 9788189640774
Pages: 360 p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 995.00

About This Book
At a time when the divide between the wealthy and the disadvantaged is widening, this major textbook provides students with a critical understanding of poverty and social exclusion in relation to wealth, rather than as separate from it.Raising fundamental questions about the organisation of society, social structures and relationships and social justice, the book is split into four main sections exploring key concepts and issues; 'people and place' (poverty and wealth across different groups and situations); the role of the state; and prospects for the future. This is the only textbook to focus on the links between wealth and poverty and contains an edited collection of chapters specially written by a distinguished panel of contributors including Pete Alcock, Daniel Dorling, Mary Shaw, Gill Scott and Jay Ginn. It is designed with the needs of students in mind and includes useful chapter summaries, illustrative boxes and diagrams, and pointers to relevant websites and other sources of further information.This is an essential textbook for level 1/2 undergraduate students studying social policy either as a main subject or as part of their course. It is a core text for level 3/4 specialist modules in this field.

Author Biography
Tess Ridge is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Bath. She is a trustee of the Child Poverty Action Group and Honorary Secretary of the Social Policy Association. Dr Sharon Wright is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Stirling. Sharon is Managing Co-Editor of the journal Social Policy & Society and Co-convenor of the Scottish Social Policy Network.

Contents
Introduction - Tess Ridge and Sharon WrightWealth - Karen RowlingsonPoverty and social exclusion - Pete AlcockExplaining poverty, Social exclusion and inequality: towards a structural approach - Gerry MooneyGlobal inequality, poverty and wealth - Nicola YeatesSpatial divisions of poverty and wealth - Danny Dorling and Dimitris BallasGender, poverty and wealth - Gill ScottThe intersection of ethnicity, Poverty and wealth - Akwugo EmejuluChildhood and youth - Petra HoelscherPoverty and financial inequality in later life - Jay GinnHealth and disability - Mary Shaw, Ben Wheeler, Richard Mitchell and Danny DorlingState approaches to wealth - Michael OrtonState approaches to poverty and social exclusion - Tess Ridge and Sharon WrightConclusions: policies and prospects - Tess Ridge and Sharon Wright.

Climate Change In Asia: Perspectives On The Future Climate Regime By Yasuko Kameyama, Agus P. Sari, Moekti H. Soejachmoeh, UNU PRESS

Climate Change In Asia: Perspectives On The Future Climate Regime
By Yasuko Kameyama, Agus P. Sari, Moekti H. Soejachmoeh, UNU PRESS

ISBN No.: 9788189640897

Pages: 274p

Edition: 2009(HardBound)

Price: Rs 695.00

About the Book
Looking beyond the Kyoto Protocol's first containment period, an intense and growing international debate over the future climate change regime has emerged. Countries in Asia have particularly high stakes in this regime given the region's high population, growing greenhouse gas emissions, burgeoning economies and vulnerabilities to the impact of climate change. Limited capacity, however, has hampered the participation of many Asian countries in the international debate.

This book is the result of a two-year study of domestic institutional processes in Asia to address climate change issues, national circumstances that impede countries from fully participating in the international debate and elements of a plausible climate regime from an Asian perspective. It serves to identify the institutional dimensions of climate change and, importantly, identifies linkages between climate change and sustainable development.

Yasuko Kameyama is Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan. Agus P. Sari is Country Director for Indonesia and Regional Director for Southeast Asia at Ecosecurities. Moekti H. Soejachmoen is Executive Director of Yayasan Pelangi, Indonesia. Norichika Kanie is Associate Professor in the Department of Value and Decision Science at the Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

Table of contents
Introduction: Climate change and sustainable development in Asia, Agus P. Sari
Part I: The imperative of Beyond 2012
Evolution of debates over the Beyond 2012 climate regime, Yasuko Kameyama
Long-term challenge of climate change: Possible allocation for Japan and Asian countries in 2050, Norichika Kanie
Part II: Country studies on processes for Beyond 2012
Development and climate change policy-making process in Bangladesh, Mozaharul Alam and Atiq Rahman
China: Policy-making process on climate change, Pan Jun and Zou Ji
India: Sustainable development and climate change policy contexts, Preety Bhandari
Climate change policy-making process in Indonesia, Chrisandini
Debates on Beyond 2012 in Japan, Yasuko Kameyama
The Republic of Korea: Growing awareness at the domestic level, Na Sungin
Capacity building for the post–2012 climate regime in Thailand, Sitanon Jesdapipat
Part III: Thematic studies—Components of Beyond 2012
Architectures of Post-Kyoto options, Sitanon Jesdapipat
Technology transfer under the UNFCCC framework, Zou Ji, Pang Jun and Wang Haiqin
Adaptation to climate change: Beyond 2012, Mozaharul Alam and Atiq Rahman
CDM and flexibility mechanisms, Moekti H. Soejachmoen Climate and trade, Sitanon Jesdapipat
Climate change, poverty and sustainable development, Mozaharul Alam, Atiq Rahman and Dwijen Mallick
Part IV: Synthesis of studies and conclusion
Synthesis, Yasuko Kameyama and Norichika Kanie

International Water Security Domestic Threats And Opportunities By Nevelina I. Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama, Libor Jansky, UNU PRESS

International Water Security Domestic Threats And Opportunities
By Nevelina I. Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama, Libor Jansky, UNU PRESS
ISBN No.: 9788189640798
Pages: 313p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 795.00

About the Book
Water is essential for all aspects of life. Managing water is a challenging task, particularly in shared water basins that host more than half of the world's population. National sovereignty and security considerations have long constrained the reasonable, equitable and sustainable utilization of international water courses. With post-Cold War democratization and globalization on the rise, domestic actors have an increasingly important role to play in national decision-making and traditional foreign policy debates.

This volume explores both these threats and opportunities through the presentation of case studies that analyze the multi-faceted and dynamic nature of the interplay between domestic and international water security.

Nevelina I. Pachova is Programme Associate at the United Nations University's Vice-Rectorate in Europe. Mikiyasu Nakayama is Professor of the Institute of Environmental Studies at the Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo. Libor Jansky is Senior Academic Programme Officer at the United Nations University's Vice-Rectorate in Europe.

Table of contents
Introduction
From domestic to international water security, Libor Jansky, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Nevelina I. Pachova
Part I: Treaties and institutions
The Indus Water Dispute—Relations with domestic policies, Shuntaro Yamamoto
Domestic issues of developing the water resources in a landlocked and water abundant state: Linkages of domestic security and basin security, Naho Mirumachi
Domestic drivers of international water security in the Danube, Nevelina I. Pachova and Libor Jansky
Transboundary cooperation vs. internal ambitions: The role of China and Cambodia in the Mekong Region, Marko Keskinen, Katri Mehtonen and Olli Varis
The role of domestic security in the functioning of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Virpi Stucki and Madiodio Niasse
Part II: Emerging security threats
People's encroachment onto Sudan's Nile banks and its impact on Egypt, Mahmoud El Zain
Inter-basin water transfers as technico-political option. Thai-Birman projects on the Salween River, Bastien Affeltranger
Implications of domestic security policy upon international water issues in a virtual and real water context—Aral Sea and Mekong River Basins, Mikiyasu Nakayama
Part III: Opportunities for cooperation
Water governance of the Mekong River Basin and Chinese economic development, Kayo Onishi
Transboundary water issues in the Euphrates-Tiger River Basin: Some methodological approaches and opportunities for cooperation, Aysegül Kibaroglu, Anthi D. Brouma and Mete Erdem
The politics of security in the Okavango River Basin: From civil war to saving wetlands (1975–2002). A preliminary security impact analysis, Jeroen F. Warner and Richard Meissner
Conclusion
National sovereignty and human security. Changing realities and concepts in international water management, Nevelina I. Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Libor Jansky

Interlinkages and the Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements By W. Bradnee Chambers, UNU PRESS

Interlinkages and the Effectiveness of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
By W. Bradnee Chambers, UNU PRESS
ISBN No.: 9788189640804
Pages: 332p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 650.00

About the Book
In recent years there has been growing awareness that a major reason for the worsening global environment is the failure to create adequate institutional responses to fully address the scope, magnitude and complexity of environmental problems. Much of the criticism directed at the global institutions has focused on the necessity for greater coordination and synergism among environmental institutions, policies and legal instruments, and the need for approaches that take better account of the inter-relationships between ecological and societal systems. This book seeks to fill the gap in knowledge and policy-making that exists, particularly in international law. In the course of doing so, it examines the essence of the assumptions made about interlinkages and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), provides a framework for measuring the effectiveness of MEAs and shows how the effectiveness of MEAs can be improved by interlinkages. Moreover, it demonstrates how MEAs that cooperate with treaties outside the environment in other sectors of sustainable development can improve their effectiveness.

W. Bradnee Chambers is the Senior Programme Officer at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in Yokohama, Japan.

Table of contents
Part I: Introduction and overview
Introduction and overview
Part II: Historical overview of the international process to improve coordination and create synergies between intergovernmental sustainable development institutions
From Stockholm to Johannesburg via Malmö: A historical overview of international coordination of environment-sustainable development issues
Part III: Legal milieu of interlinkages under international law
Legal mechanisms and coordination systems for promoting and managing interlinkages between multilateral environmental agreements
Part IV: Theoretical foundations and basis for an analytical framework
Towards an improved understanding of effectiveness of international treaties
Interlinkages theory and effectiveness: The emergence of an analytical framework
Part V: Case study one: Understanding interlinkages as a factor of effectiveness within international environmental law
The interlinkages of plant genetic resources: The Convention on Biological Diversity and FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Part VI: Case study two: Understanding interlinkages as a factor of effectiveness of sustainable development law
The interlinkages of plant genetic resources: The CBD and ITPGRFA and their relationship with the TRIPS Agreement
Part VII: Conclusions

Developing Countries and the WTO : Policy Approaches By Gary P. Sampson and W. Bradnee Chambers, UNU PRESS

Developing Countries and the WTO : Policy Approaches
By Gary P. Sampson and W. Bradnee Chambers, UNU PRESS
ISBN No.: 9788189640903
Pages: 358p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 795.00

About the Book
It is widely accepted that a well-functioning global trading system is a prerequisite for trade promotion and the development of developing countries. However, it is equally well recognised that the trading system has not worked to the advantage of many developing countries. In this regard, the Doha Development Agenda—negotiations launched at the WTO to rectify the situation—has failed.

Compared to just ten years ago, developing countries are much better informed with respect to trade negotiations. Also, they now comprise two-thirds of the membership of the WTO—an organisation based on consensus—giving them a new power and authority in future negotiations.

For this reason, it is of critical importance for developing countries to have clear proposals for reform that are both ambitious and realistic. Only then can they constructively promote their interests in the coming years. This book addresses the critical policy choices now facing developing countries with respect to trade policy. Experienced negotiators, scholars and trade officials from very different backgrounds offer policy prescriptions to secure a world trading system that will meet the needs of developing countries.

Gary P. Sampson is the John Gough Professor of International Trade at Melbourne Business School, Melbourne University.

W. Bradnee Chambers is the Senior Programme Officer at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in Yokohama, Japan.

Table of contents
Introduction and overview, Gary P. Sampson and W. Bradnee Chambers

Part I. Market access

Why developing countries need agricultural policy reform to succeed under Doha, Kym Anderson and Will Martin
The cotton initiative, Magda Shahin
The WTO non-agricultural market access negotiations: Opportunities and challenges for developing countries, Sam Laird
Trade in services and policy priorities for developing Countries, Gary P. Sampson
Part II. Legal flexibility

Special and differential treatment: The need for a different approach, Constantine Michalopoulos
Special and differential treatment for developing countries in the World Trade Organization, M. Supperamaniam
Part III. Facing challenges

Making TRIPS work for developing countries, Graham Dutfield
The development objectives of the WTO: State-centred versus human rights approaches, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
A human rights approach to sustainable development within the World Trade Organization, Jens Pössel
Asymmetric integration: The role of regionalism , Ken Heydon
Part IV. Process

Developing countries and the reform of the WTO Dispute Settlement System: Expectations and realities, George Akpan
WTO negotiations on trade facilitation – Lessons for the future? New perspectives for and from the developing world, Nora Neufeld

Towards a Healthy Future? Indian and Global Experiences by Philip Stevens and Debashis Chakraborty, Liberty Institute

Towards a Healthy Future? Indian and Global Experiences
by Philip Stevens and Debashis Chakraborty, Liberty Institute
ISBN No.: 9788189640811
Pages: xxi, 409 p

Edition: Nov, 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 895.00

About This Book

Contents: Preface. 1. Health and Economy in India. Anindya Mishra 2. The Health Status of Indians: Perspectives. Laveesh Bhandari. 3. The Health Scenario in India: A Cross-state Analysis : Debashis Chakraborty and Pavel Chakraborty. 4. Private Health Care and the Distribution of Public Health Subsidies in India: Ajay Mahal. 5. Medical Healthcare and Private Health Insurance: Indian Perspectives: Saleema Razvi. 5. IPRs under the WTO- Examining the Public Health concerns: Amir Ullah Khan. 7. Ensuring a Health Future : Jayaprakash Narayan. 8. Free Trade for Better Health: philip Stevens. 9. Affluence, Technology and the State of Humanity: Indur M.Goklany 10. Disease of Poverty and the 10/90 Gap : Philip Stevens 11. Counterfeit Medicines in LDCs : Problems and solutions : Julian Morris and Philip Stevens.

"Liberty Institute is an independent think tank dedicated to empowering the people by harnessing the power of the market. It seeks to build understanding and appreciation of the four institutional pillars of a free society - Individual Rights, Rule of law, Limited Government and Free Market. The Institute undertakes a number of activities, including research and advocacy on public policy issues. It organises conferences, and has a growing publications programme. At Present, the Institute's core areas of interest include development economics, education, environment, healthy, security, trade and encouraging citizen participation in the democratic process. The Institute was established in 1996 as a non-profit organisation. it solicits the support of all freedom loving individuals and organisations. It strives to retain its independence, demonstrate its commitment and live up to its moto: "Where the mind is without fear".

Philip Stevens is the director of the health programme at International Policy Network, a UK-based development think tank. He is the author of numerous health policy publications, including fighting the diseases of poverty and Foreign aid for health: moving beyond government. His Writings on Health policy have appeared in a wide range of international newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on TV and radio. Philip has also held research positions at the Adam Smith Institute and Reform in London, and Spent several years as a management consultant. He holds degrees from the London School of Economics and Durham University.

Debashis Chakraborty is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi campus. He studied at the University of Calcutta and centre for International Trade and Development Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His research focus includes International Trade policy, WTO negotiations and Indian economic development. He has presented and published his research at various academic and policy forums in India and abroad. He has several co-edited and co-authored titles on WTO issues to his credit. Before joining IIFT, he was with Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (RGICS), New Delhi.

Contemporary Indian urban society : Ethnicity, Gender, and Governance By Rajesh Gill

Contemporary Indian urban society : Ethnicity, Gender, and Governance
by Rajesh Gill
ISBN: 9788189640613
Pages : xii, 368 p
Edition : 2009
Price: Rs. 895.00



Book Details
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. A. Urbanizing villages - the Indian experience: 2. Palsaura: an urbanizing village. 3. Governance in rural Punjab: some irritants. 4. Seventy-Fourth Constitutional Amendment and political empowerment of women in Punjab: a study in urban governance. 5. Socio-cultural transformation in rural Punjab-some case studies. B. Urban poverty - theoretical and empirical stocktaking: 6. Issues and perspectives on urban poverty: the Indian experience. 7. Urban poverty in India: theoretical understanding the policy implications. 8. Managing urban poverty: a sociological viewpoint. 9. Youth in urban slums - a sociological study in Chandigarh. C. Cities and social fabric-emerging issues: 10. Cities and ethnic identities: a case of de-ethnicization or re-ethnicization? 11. Planning urban settlements for people: a social agenda. 12. Traditional and non-traditional basis of social organisation in an urban setting. D. Gender and urban societies: issues to ponder: 13. Feminisms and post feminism: can there be a unitary feminine image? 14. Empowering women through Panchayats-stories of success and struggle from India. 15. Comprehensive security in South Asia-the gender dimension. 16. Caught between the domestic and public spheres - woman as a pendulum. E. Conclusion: 17. Emerging urban social reality-towards conceptualization.

“This book fills a significant void in the field of urban sociology by addressing to the multidimensional issues concerning urbanizing societies, both rural and urban, with a special focus upon the socio cultural transformation, in Indian context. The various chapters take up both theoretical and empirical analyses on the issues such as urban planning and development, urban governance, women and urbanization, urban overty and so on.”

Urban Poverty in Developing Countries : Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Cities By Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Jasmeet Sandhu, Balwinder Arora

Urban Poverty in Developing Countries : Issues and Strategies for Sustainable Cities (Hardcover)
by Ranvinder Singh Sandhu, Jasmeet Sandhu, Balwinder Arora
ISBN: 9788189640859
Edition : 2009
Pages : xvi+414p
Price: Rs. 995.00

Book Details
Urbanization got an impetus during 1980s and 1990s due to advances in transportation and telecommunicationand further momentum was provided by globalization. During this period many Asian Countries experienced both economic boom and population increase. UN HABITAT (2006) pointed out that Asia and Africa will host largest urban population in 21st century and cities will continue to be sites of extreme inequality. It is feared that Asian cities may not be able to cope with the ongoing urbanization and urbanization of poverty further adds to the challenges.
This edited volume addresses to the challenges thrown by urban poverty for sustainable cities in developing countries and also presents some strategies adopted in these countries to deal with these challenges. The volume contains seventeen articles which are divided into three sections. Section-1, entitled 'Urban Poverty in Developing Countries: Some Issues', contains five articles dealing with urban poverty and delineates certain issues related to it. Section-II, entitled 'Urban Poverty in India: Empirical Reality', contains five articles which present the empirical situation of urban poverty in India. Section-III, entitled 'Urban poverty and Strategies for Sustainable Cities', anthologizes seven articles dealing with some strategies to grapple with the problem of urban poverty in developing countries and the outcome of these efforts. All these efforts to achieve sustainable cities are not producing desired results. Cities cannot be sustainable if rural areas, neighborhoods and communities are not sustainable. So focus must shift to these settlements as well.

Ranvinder Singh Sandhu is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of UGC Special Assistance Programme at Guru Nanak dev University Amritsar.. He has been Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UGC Visiting Fellow to the Netherlands (1998), Overseas Fellow of Human Science Research Council of South Africa (1995), Visiting Professor in Minnesota State University, Minnesota, USA (1991-92) and Head of the Department of Sociology, Guru Nanak Dev University (1989-91). He has eight books to his credit from ifferent publishers such as Sage, Zed Books and Rawat etc. and has also published many research papers in reputed journals in India and abroad. At present, he is also consultant to Municipal Corporation Amritsar in a project funded by Japan Bank of International Cooperation. His main areas of interest are Urban Studies, Urban Planning and Sociology of Development.

Jasmeet Sandhu is Professor of Sociology at Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar. She has been the Head of Sociology Department and Editor of Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology. She has published three books and several research papers in India and abroad. Her areas of interest are Population Issues, Sociology of Family and Marriage and Sustainable Development.

Balwinder Arora is Professor of Sociology, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar. She has been Head of Sociology Department and Editor of Guru Nanak Journal of Sociology. She has a modicum of quality of research work to her credit. Her areas of interest are Participatory Management, Gender Studies, Industrial Sociology and Social Stratification and Social Mobility.

Social Policy Review 20: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2008

Social Policy Review 20: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2008
By Tony Maltby, Patricia Kennett and Kirstein Rummery, The Policy Press
ISBN No.: 9788189640750
Pages: 320p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 795.00

About This Book
Social Policy Review" provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year.Contributions reflect key themes in the UK and internationally. The first part of the collection focuses on developments and change in core UK social policy areas. Part two provides in-depth analyses of topical issues from both UK and international perspectives, while this year's themed section examines 'Gender and policy'.

Author Biography
Tony Maltby is CROW Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce at the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales). His research interests embrace the range of work, income and the social policy of later life.Patricia Kennett is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and Senior Lecturer in Comparative Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. Her research includes work on issues relating to governance and public policy; the welfare state and citizenship in comparative perspective; housing, homelessness and social exclusion.Kirstein Rummery is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Stirling. Her research interests include gender, welfare partnerships and governance and issues concerning citizenship, social participation and access to services.

Contents
Introduction - Tony Maltby, Patricia Kennett and Kirstein RummeryPart One: Current developments: A year of transition in post-compulsory education and training - Alastair ThomsonPlanning for infrastructure and housing: is sustainable development a dream? - Roberta Blackman-WoodsTowards a new pension settlement? Recent pension reform in the UK - Debora PriceClimate change and climate change policy in the UK 2006-7 - Carolyn SnellPolicy for older people in Wales - Gill Windle and Alison PorterPart Two: Current debates: Flexibility or flexploitation? Problems with work-life balance in a low-income neighbourhood - Hartley DeanThe role of confidence and identity in civic participation: exploring ethnic group differences - Nahid AhmadThe problem of riches: is philanthropy a solution or part of the problem? - Beth BreezePolicy from the pitch? Soccer and young refugee women in a shifting policy climate - Catherine PalmerSocial citizenship in post-liberal Britain and post-corporatist Germany: curtailed, fragmented, streamlined, but still on the agenda - Ingo BodePart Three: Engendering policy and politics: Gender and New Labour: after the male breadwinner model? - Gillian PascallA review of engendering policy in the EU - Jill RuberyForming Australian families: Gender ideologies and policy settings - JaneMaree MaherWorking fathers as providers and carers: towards a new conceptualisation of fatherhood - Alison Smith.

BIMSTEC Cooperation Report 2008

BIMSTEC Cooperation Report 2008
By Centre for Studies in International Relations and Development,Indian Chamber of Commerce,BIMSTEC Network Think Tanks
ISBN No.: 9788189640781
Pages: xxvi, 204 p
Edition: 2009
Price: Rs 695.00

About the Book
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Executive summary. 1. Emerging BIMSTEC : Macroeconomic review and prospects. 2. Trade performance and integration experience of BIMSTEC. 3. Investment flows and policy environment in BIMSTEC. 4. Deepening economic integration: Second decade of BIMSTEC. 5. Cooperation in physical infrastructure and transportation sector: Issues, concerns and opportunities. 6. Cooperation in energy sector: Future demand, tasks and way forward. 7. Cooperation in tourism sector: Opportunities and policy options. 8. Cooperation in fisheries sector: Challenges and opportunities. 9. Small and medium enterprises in BIMSTEC: Synergies and emerging issues for cooperation. Bibliography. Statistical profile.

The BIMSTEC economies have made substantial output gains in recent years, expanding at rates far exceeding the global averages. At the same time, there is no denying that what it has achieved in just 11 years of its existence has not been inconsiderable. Trade and FDI flows have expanded rapidly in the region, besides other remarkable achievements on the economic front. The region has made impressive strides in human development, but needs increased effort to catch up with the other regions of the globe and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Its integration with the global economy has opened new opportunities and challenges. However, lately, the region faces a new threat of a slowdown in growth in the wake of the global financial crisis.

The point that CSIRD and ICC have tried to make in this report is that BIMSTEC can face these challenges much more effectively if it could achieve deeper regional integration. The report provides specific proposals in the fields of trade and investment, infrastructure, energy, tourism, fisheries and small and medium enterprises -- all oriented towards

Farm Forestry in India : An Economics and Environmental Analysis

Farm Forestry in India : An Economics and Environmental Analysis

by S.Puttaswamaiah

Edition: Oct, 2009 (HardCover)

ISBN: 9788189640873

Pages : xx,306p

Price: Rs. 795.00

Book Details
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Profile of the study Region and Sample Households. 3. Cropping Pattern and Eucalyptus Yields. 4. Costs and Returns from Eucalyptus and Ragi Cultivation. 5. Economic Viability of Eucalyptus. 6. Labour Use and Income. 7. Marketing and Price Received for Eucalyptus. 8. Environmental Aspects of Eucalyptus Cultivation. 9. Summary and Conclusions.

"This Book deals with issues of efficient utilization of natural resources, land and trees particularly in dry land areas. Government of India implemented the farm Forestry Programme, a component of social Forestry Programme since 1980, to involve farms in tree plantation activities. Farm Forestry Programme was defined as the practice of forestry in all its aspects on farm or village land, generally integrated with other farm operation. It is a programme of planting of trees on bunds and boundaries of the fields of farmers and to be taken up by the farmers themselves. The Programme persuaded farmers to grow trees on farmlands, farm bunds and particularly in environmentally fragile areas, by distributing various tress species, which attracted large numbers of farmers in several states. considering the widespread adoption of the farm forestry programme by farmers particularly in Karnataka, this study has examined the development of social and Farm Forestry in India, assessed the economics of tree crops cultivated on farm vis-à-vis annual crops by using rigorous project appraisal techniques and other analytical tools, examined labour utilization and income generation, marketing aspects, and also environmental issues raised against certain tree species such as eucalyptus planted by farmers. Economic and environmental analysis of tree cultivation by farmers illustrated the profitability and other benefits accrued by farmers. The Study suggests for promoting afforestation activities for efficient use and management of land and tree resources. The study will be useful for researchers, policy makers and practitioners."

Dr. S. Puttaswamaiah is Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Bangalore University, Bangalore. Having specialized in Environmental Economics, his areas of research interest include agricultural economics, health economics, public economics and development economics. He has carried out different research studies in the above areas, while previously working in research institutes. He has published several research articles and contributed for state of Environment Report Karnataka and Karnataka Development Report

Handbook of UGC NET for Library and Information Science By Dr. Tariq Ashraf, Sanjay Kumar Jha

Handbook of UGC NET for Library and Information Science
By Dr. Tariq Ashraf, Sanjay Kumar Jha
ISBN No.: 9788189640514
Pages: xii+385p.
Edition: 1st
Price: Rs 295.00

Contents:
Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. 1. Information technology, information systems and programmes. 2. Information communication, library and society. 3. Library and information management. 4. Library information, sources and services. 5. Information, processing and retrieval techniques. 6. Research and statistical methods. 7. Model question paper. 8. Some important library science question. 9. Unsolved UGC-Net question paper based on memory.

From the Preface: "The book has been divided into nine chapters and each chapter contains four units. This has been done essentially for the ease of reference and a better presentation. Each unit contains 50 questions which allows reader a better understanding and higher education.
This handbook will serve a useful purpose and help the vast number of LIS students to qualify NET examination which will provide better job opportunities for them and qualified candidates to the profession."

Making Microfinance Work : Managing for improved performance By Craig Churchill, Cheryl Frankiewicz, ILO

Making Microfinance Work : Managing for improved performance
By Craig Churchill, Cheryl Frankiewicz, ILO
ISBN No.: 9788189640576
Pages: 420p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 995.00

About the Book
Microfinance has long been recognized as having significant potential to create jobs and reduce poverty. But to meet the twin challenges of growth and sustainability, managers of microfinance institutions (MFIs) must not only understand essential management functions: they must also be armed with innovative ideas and strategies to succeed in today's increasingly competitive environment. This training manual provides a valuable overview of the key management principles necessary to optimize the services of MFIs and brings together useful lessons from numerous MFIs worldwide to help managers strengthen the performance of their unit, branch or institution.

Either used alone, or as part of a management training course, Making Microfinance Work: Managing for improved performance offers an arsenal of tools and advice. The book examines the markets and marketing of MFIs and captures the different ways in which managers can communicate the value of their products and services. It introduces effective methods for enhancing efficiency and productivity which minimize the trade-offs MFIs invariably face as they try to provide services over the long term.

The topic of managing risks is also covered. This manual offers strategies to prevent risk from occurring and, if it does occur, explains how to rectify the situation. Practical techniques for allocating costs and determining prices are also highlighted, as well as the importance of plans, budgets and reports.

In a clear, easy to follow presentation, the book includes illustrations and case studies to assist managers in applying the concepts outlined in the text. An extensive list of additional reading and useful Internet resources is also provided.

Working for Better Times : Rethinking Work for the 21st Century By Servais, Jean-Michel Bolle, Patrick, ILO

Working for Better Times : Rethinking Work for the 21st Century
By Servais, Jean-Michel Bolle, Patrick, ILO
ISBN No.: 9788189640545
Pages: 721p
Edition: 2009(HardBound)
Price: Rs 1595.00

About the Book
To most people, work is the mainstay of livelihood, social integration and identity. But the 20th century meaning of work can no longer be taken for granted. Nor, therefore, can the ways in which work shapes those inter-related spheres of human existence. As patterns of work continue to shift in response to the demands of production and trade in the global economy, major challenges have indeed arisen - not only in the lives of individual workers, but also for employers exposed to global competition, and for the makers of national and international policy and law. At the heart of the debate lies the challenge of reframing the concepts and rules whereby people's socio-economic security and the human dimensions of work can be reconciled with the global market's growing need for competitive labour flexibility.

Labour Regulation in Indian Industry by T S Papola

Labour Regulation in Indian Industry (10 Volumes Set)

By T S Papola (General Editor) (Institute for Studies in Industrial Development)

ISBN No.: 9788189640637

Pages: 1348 pp

List Price: Rs 2495.00

Volume 1 Labour Policy and Legal Framework in India: A Review C P Thakur
Volume 2 Labour Regulation in Small Enterprises: Coverage and Impact V N Prasad
Volume 3 Labour Regulation and Its Impact: A Review of Studies and Documents T S Papola, G S Mehta and Vinoj Abraham

Volume 4 Effectiveness of Labour Regulations in Indian Industry Jesim Pais

Volume 5 Labour Regulation, Industrial Growth and Employment: A Study of Recent Trends in Andhra Pradesh D Narasimha Reddy

Volume 6 Impact of Labour Regulations on Industrial Development and Employment: A Study of Maharashtra K R Shyam Sundar

Volume 7 Labour Regulation and Industrial Development in Uttar Pradesh: Some Recent Trends Alakh N Sharma and V Kalpana

Volume 8 Labour Regulation and Industrial Development in West Bengal Debdas Banerjee

Volume 9 Labour Regulation, Labour Flexibility and Labour Reforms in Europe: Some Perspectives with Possible Lessons for India Pietro Garibaldi, A V Jose and K R Shyam Sundar

Volume 10 Labour Regulation in Indian Industry: Towards a Rational and Equitable Framework T S Papola, Jesim Pais and Partha Pratim Sahu

Economic Reforms and Indian Economic Development: Selected Essays By Madhusudan Ghosh

Economic Reforms and Indian Economic Development: Selected Essays
By Madhusudan Ghosh
ISBN No.: 9788189640507
Pages: xiv+233p
Edition : 2008
Price: Rs 495.00

Book Details
The book addresses some important issues in Indian economic development during the post-Independence period. It examines the performance of the economy in general and the agricultural sector in particular, structural break in different sectors of the economy, sustainable development in agriculture, regional divergence in per capita income and agricultural output and productivity, inter-state variations in rural poverty and human development, and spatial integration in foodgrain markets. The issues with immense contemporary relevance are analyzed in the context of the on-going economic reforms since 1991, using extensively sophisticated econometric techniques including the advanced time-series methods viz., unit-root, cointegration and error-correction. The book is analytically rich in its deliberations on the issues. It is immensely useful to students, teachers, researchers, policy makers and general readers with an interest in Indian economic development.

May one Nine by Salam Azad

May one Nine
by Salam Azad
ISBN No.: 9788189640842
Edition: 2009(PaperBack)
Price: Rs 250.00

Enigmatic love : love Poems from the fairy tale city of Moscow by Abhay Kumar

Enigmatic love : love Poems from the fairy tale city of Moscow
By Abhay Kumar
ISBN No.: 9788189640828
Edition: 2009(PaperBack)
Price: Rs 125.00