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Understanding the China Threat

Understanding the China Threat

This book examines the contours of the Sino-American confrontation and its future trajectories. It delineates the two major causes of the friction in Sino-American relations—change in the balance of power in China’s favor and the conf licting ideologies of the two states—and emphasizes why it is imperative for the U. S. to hold on to its ideological principles. It demonstrates the ultimate and irreconcilable gap in the visions the two competitors have for international politics and consequently why conf lict—certainly cold and very possibly hot—is inevitable. The authors also suggest measures which the U. S. can adopt to sustain its leadership and deter China’s ideology and vision for the future of global politics. A significant contribution to the study of Sino-American relations the volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of international relations foreign policy and U. S. and Chinese politics. It will be of great interest to think tanks public policy professionals and the interested general reader. | Understanding the China Threat

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Northeast India and Japan Engagement through Connectivity

Northeast India and Japan Engagement through Connectivity

This book examines the complex and connected past present and future of Northeast India and Japan. It looks at the intricate political geography and ethnolinguistic diversity of India’s Northeast and its historical and strategic relationship with Japan. From the theatre of the Second World War to a potential economic corridor to the Indo-Pacific the Northeast which shares a border with China Nepal Bangladesh Bhutan and Myanmar has emerged as an area of central importance in India–Japan relations. The book highlights the importance of connectivity and cooperation in the North Eastern Region for sustainable growth better accessibility and quality of life. The chapters in the volume look at shared economic socio-political and environmental concerns of the two countries as well as the shared legacies between Japan and the Northeast through stories collective memories and memorials about World War II and research. They also explore the strategic implications of China’s One Belt One Road initiative in the region and for India–Japan relations India’s Act-East policy provincial politics and ethnic conflicts and the challenges for sustainable development and greater cooperation for the two countries. With contributions from both Indian and Japanese academics this book will be a key resource on understanding Asian politics. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics and international relations strategic studies development studies and Asian studies. | Northeast India and Japan Engagement through Connectivity

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Remaking Cities Urban Reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur India

Remaking Cities Urban Reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur India

This book presents a systematic analysis of the differential implementation of the urban reforms in two Indian cities Ahmedabad and Kanpur. It analyses the enactment of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) launched in 2005 by the Indian government which aimed to spatially reorient cities into market-friendly places across 65 cities but finished with only modest success. The volume discusses the specificities of urban governance systems colonial municipal histories and nationalist struggle in relation to urban planning and policy reforms to showcase how policies insensitive to these are likely to fail. It identifies historically constituted municipal capacity – located in the municipal organisation at the city level – as the key determinant of divergent trajectories of the spatial changes. The analysis demonstrates that in Ahmedabad the politics of the city was historically oriented towards peoples’ relationship with their spaces enabling a coherent municipal organisation. In the case of Kanpur however the local politics evolved in a way that the urban question remained unresolved which resulted in a fragmented municipal organisation. This variation in the architectures of municipal organisations in the two cities resulted in different levels of municipal capacities at the time of the inauguration of the JNNURM. A richly detailed case study on urban governance issues and development in Indian cities this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of urban studies urban politics development studies social anthropology social history political science development studies public policy and governance urban sociology and South Asian studies. | Remaking Cities Urban Reforms in Ahmedabad and Kanpur India

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Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

This book studies national security strategies introduced by the Koizumi administration (2001–2006) and the second Abe administration (2012–2020). Drawing on the common themes of ‘normalization’ constitutional revision in particular Article 9 and the right of collective self-defence the volume examines through the theory of neoclassical realism how and why the national security initiatives of the two administrations are different in their extent of normalization of Japan. It shows how the policies were influenced by the respective Prime Ministers who responded to the international environment surrounding Japan during their tenure and were also shaped by internal concerns. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of Asian studies politics and international relations. | Japan from Koizumi to Abe Do Leaders Matter in Constitutional Reform

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Understanding Space Time and Causality Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions

Understanding Space Time and Causality Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions

This book examines issues related to the concepts of space time and causality in the context of modern physics and ancient Indian traditions. It looks at the similarity and convergence of these concepts of modern physics with those discussed in ancient Indian wisdom. The volume brings the methodologies of empiricism and introspection together to highlight the synergy between these two strands. It discusses wide-ranging themes including the quantum vacuum as ultimate reality quantum entanglement and metaphysics of relations identity and individuality and dark energy and anti-matter as discussed in physics and in Indian philosophical schools like Vedanta Yoga Buddhist Kashmiri Shaivism and Jaina Philosophy. First of its kind this book will be an essential read for scholars and researches of philosophy Indian philosophy philosophy of science theoretical physics and social science. | Understanding Space Time and Causality Modern Physics and Ancient Indian Traditions

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India–Africa Relations Changing Horizons

India–Africa Relations Changing Horizons

This book explores the emergence and assertion of Africa as a significant actor and stakeholder in global affairs and the transformation of the India–Africa relationship. Beginning from this strategic perspective the book presents an in-depth exploration of India–Africa partnership in all its critical dimensions. It delineates the historical backdrop and shared colonial past to focus on and contextualise the evolution of the India–Africa engagement in the first two decades of the 21st century. The book scrutinises the unfolding international competition in Africa in depth which includes global actors such as the EU US and Japan among others focusing especially on China's growing influence in the region. Further it dissects objectively the continental regional and bilateral facets of India–Africa relations and offers a roadmap to strengthen and deepen the relationship in the coming decade. This volume will be very useful for students and researchers working in the field of international relations foreign policy governance geopolitics and diplomacy. | India–Africa Relations Changing Horizons

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Vyankatesh Madgulkar A Villageful of Stories and a Forestful of Tales

Vyankatesh Madgulkar A Villageful of Stories and a Forestful of Tales

Vyankatesh Madgulkar (1927–2001) was one of the pioneers of modernist short fiction (nav katha) as well as ‘rural’ (grameen) fiction in Marathi in the post-World War II era. He wrote eight novels two hundred short stories several plays including some notable ‘folk plays’ (loknatya) screenplays and dialogues for more than eighty Marathi films. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of Vyankatesh Madgulkar’s work by analysing selections from his major creative fictions and nonfictions. This is augmented with important writings on him by his contemporaries as well as critical writings commentaries and reviews by present-day scholars. It situates Madgulkar in the context of Marathi literary tradition and Indian literature in general. Part of the Writer in Context series this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of Indian literature Marathi literature English literature comparative literature postcolonial studies cultural studies global south studies and translation studies. | Vyankatesh Madgulkar A Villageful of Stories and a Forestful of Tales

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Toxic Disruptions Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Urban India

Toxic Disruptions Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Urban India

This book provides a unique ethnographic account of women living with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in India. It examines how contaminated environments and political–economic changes render urban middle-class women in India vulnerable to PCOS a condition which has the potential to disrupt conventional normative feminine biographies of marriage and childbearing. The volume revolves around two main themes: how toxic landscapes the endocrine disrupting chemicals suffusing them and the political–economic environments related to them are linked to endocrine disorders such as PCOS; and how the biosocial disruptions caused by PCOS are both affecting women and reflective of changes in contemporary urban India. The author draws on anthropological fieldwork to investigate these connections through a fresh approach combining a political ecological framework with perspectives from the anthropology of toxic exposures and health–environment systems. The first of its kind this volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of anthropology particularly medical anthropology medical sociology human geography science and technology studies medical humanities health–environment systems endocrine disorders public health and South Asian studies. | Toxic Disruptions Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Urban India

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Realist Paradigm of International Relations Power Systems and Game Theories

Realist Paradigm of International Relations Power Systems and Game Theories

This book explores realist theories—also called power politics approaches formulations of systems theories and game theory in International Relations (IR). The first section of the book focuses on theories of Early Classical Realism—Thucydides Machiavelli and Hobbes and two Asian exponents—Kautilya and Han Fei Tzu. It covers the rise and fall of different schools of imperial geopolitics including those developed during the Cold-War and postmodern periods. It also discusses theories proposed by three stalwarts of Neoclassical Realism— Niebuhr Carr and Morgenthau; the Neorealism of Waltz; Strategic Realism of Schelling; and Offensive Realism of Mearsheimer. The book also examines theoretic formulations of Kaplan Modelski Rosecrance McClelland Holsti and Singer as well as game theory and its relevance and application in international relations. It explores diverse variants of theories of power in international relations through a critical readings of texts and IR literature. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of political science international relations history and law. | Realist Paradigm of International Relations Power Systems and Game Theories

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Employment Growth and Development Essays on a Changing World Economy

Employment Growth and Development Essays on a Changing World Economy

This book examines the critical themes of employment growth and development to focus on challenges and opportunities both old and new in the contemporary world economy. The essential theme that runs through the book is that there is a strong relationship not only between employment and growth but also between employment and development where the causation runs in both directions. The author shows how employment transforms economic growth into meaningful development by providing livelihoods and incomes to people. While the book is primarily concerned with developing countries it considers industrialized countries as points of reference or comparison since the latter are a large part of an interdependent world in which problems faced by the two sets of countries are frequently connected and sometimes common. The ten essays in this volume also provide a macroeconomic analysis of development problems situated in the wider context of a changing world economy exploring possible solutions to understand the implications for countries and for people. A timely collection by an eminent economist this book will be useful to teachers students and researchers in economics especially those interested in macroeconomics political economy and development studies. | Employment Growth and Development Essays on a Changing World Economy

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Lives in Exile Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees

Lives in Exile Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees

This book recounts the life stories - stories of loss and hope of anxieties and aspirations - of generations of exiled Tibetans living in India since the late 1950s after the Chinese takeover of Tibet. Located in the realm of psycho-historical analysis this work has a dual focus in interpreting and analyzing these life stories. First a consistent effort is made to unravel the psychologically devastating consequences following refugeehood and torture. A simultaneous focus searches for symbols of human resilience - the opening up of creative possibilities and a return to renewed meanings in the lives of these exiles. Two central symbols of continuity among this community which are discussed are the Dalai Lama and the philosophy of Buddhism. This is a unique book that looks at issues of contemporary interest and relevance to the Tibetan community today providing a different view of their ‘place’ in the wider political sphere. Lives in Exile - Exploring the World of Tibetan Refugees will be of interest to scholars in the fields of psychology history and refugee studies and to the general reader. | Lives in Exile Exploring the Inner World of Tibetan Refugees

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Teacher Development in India Building on Grassroots Innovations and Technology

Teacher Development in India Building on Grassroots Innovations and Technology

This volume shows how grassroots educational innovations and technology can be brought together in a fresh approach to human resource development in public social services. Based on a three-decade-long engagement with innovation in public education this book provides an illustration of how teacher-driven innovations can be transformed into learning objects for technology-based professional development. It describes how innovations can be identified screened and validated and disseminated through two mechanisms—a clearinghouse-based approach and grassroots innovation “fairs. ” It then demonstrates how these innovations can form the backbone of a “third space ” problem-based-learning curriculum which can be delivered through a technology platform for large-scale professional development. The book offers guidance on practical ways of doing this and on evaluating the curriculum’s impact with case studies of programmes that covered thousands of teachers. This book will be of interest to teachers students and professionals in education teacher education digital education information technology communication and media studies. It will also be useful to educationists policymakers teacher educators educational institutions online education centres and practitioners involved in professional development education and training in developing countries. | Teacher Development in India Building on Grassroots Innovations and Technology

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Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe Contemporary Issues and Trends

Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe Contemporary Issues and Trends

This book explores the challenges opportunities and trends impacting the working of federations in South Asia and Europe. It deliberates on the changing socio-economic realities challenges facing the existing structures of governance degrees of consociationalism and the growing aspirations of people in South Asia and Europe. Through case studies from Greece Germany Austria Switzerland Spain France Sri Lanka Pakistan Nepal Maldives Bhutan and India the volume focuses on critical issues relating to cooperative federalism – its complexities institutional dilemmas and trends in South Asia and Europe. It discusses a variety of themes relevant to Cooperative Federalism including federal-state relations; cooperative governance; constitution; multiculturalism fiscal relations democratization devolution of powers consociationalism and global citizenship in South Asia and Europe. The book further emphasizes the need to strike a balance between the federal government and the constituent units in these two regions. Topical and lucid this book will be of interest to teachers scholars and researchers of political science comparative government and politics federalism South Asian politics European politics governance studies and political studies. | Cooperative Federalism in South Asia and Europe Contemporary Issues and Trends

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The Origins of Human Rights Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

The Origins of Human Rights Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

This book studies the history of intercultural human rights. It examines the foundational elements of human rights in the East and the West and provides a comparative analysis of the independent streams of thought originating from the two different geographic spaces. It traces the genesis of the idea of human rights back to ancient Indian and Greco-Roman texts especially concepts such as the Rigvedic universal moral law the Upanishadic narratives the Romans’ model of governance the rule of law and administration of justice. It also looks at Cicero’s concept of rights and duties which focuses on quality of compassion and fair play and Seneca’s expositions on mercy empathy justice and checks on the arbitrary exercise of power. An important contribution this book fills a significant gap in the study of human rights. It will be useful for students and researchers of political science ancient history religion and civilizations philosophy history human rights governance law sociology and South Asian studies. The book also caters to general readers interested in the history of human rights. | The Origins of Human Rights Ancient Indian and Greco-Roman Perspectives

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SacredSecular Contemplative Cultural Critique

SacredSecular Contemplative Cultural Critique

What would it mean to conceive of the sacred as a source of knowledge that is as vital as the secular? What insights does a contemplative approach yield in analysing neoliberal globalisation or Hindu fundamentalism? Is a dew drop sacred or is it secular? In today‘s charged atmosphere many believe that the sacred is best kept firmly apart from the realm of the secular. SacredSecular: Contemplative Cultural Critique offers a contrasting view. It argues that the two are indivisible and can productively interweave in illuminating key contemporary issues. Essays investigate the quotidian (trash cut flowers) the philosophical (advaita karma) the economic (work globalisation) and the political (war violence). Mani invites us to rethink the prevailing view that secularism is the only progressive response to religious authoritarianism. SacredSecular proposes a conceptual approach in which body mind heart nature matter and spirit are not merely equals but equally crucial to crafting an inclusive vision and practice. This book addresses several audiences: scholars of contemporary Indian society and culture spiritual practitioners striving to integrate their practice with their politics and all those interested in contemplating the present and what it portends for our collective future. | SacredSecular Contemplative Cultural Critique

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Tracing the Undersea Dragon Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific

Tracing the Undersea Dragon Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific

This book is a comprehensive study of the development of China’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). It offers insights into the secretive world of nuclear submarines and ballistic missiles of the Chinese (PLA) Navy and studies how these are likely to grow in the next two decades. The volume examines the technological origins of the design and development of Chinese nuclear submarines ballistic missiles and their naval construction capabilities. It provides an analysis of the underlying Chinese nuclear doctrine China’s maritime geographical constraints for submarine operations and the credibility of its sea-based deterrence. It draws upon strategy nuclear policy technology geography and operational considerations to holistically predict the likely SSBN force levels of the PLA Navy for various scenarios. The book also assesses the spectrum of threats likely from the undersea domain for India and other nations in the Indo-Pacific region. A key text on an obscure but vital facet of Chinese defence studies this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of strategic affairs international relations and disarmament studies peace and conflict studies geopolitics foreign policy Indo-Pacific studies and diplomacy. | Tracing the Undersea Dragon Chinese SSBN Programme and the Indo-Pacific

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Community Newspapers in India Manifestations and Metamorphosis

Community Newspapers in India Manifestations and Metamorphosis

This book provides a comprehensive account of community newspapers in India discussing their reach practices management and influence on communities. It focuses on the core characteristics associated with community media such as access and participation advocacy and self-management among other. With the help of detailed case studies of two established newspapers – Khabar Lahariya and Namaskar the book highlights the unique aspects of their rhizomatic expansion and the practices for social change. By examining their manifestations and metamorphosis the book shows how community media is fluid and evolves with time owing to diverse motivations. The author also examines themes such as media democracy and citizens engagement; role of alternative media and the diversity of practices and profiles to highlight the relevance identity and purpose of alternative media in general and community newspapers in particular. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of media studies journalism and mass communication political studies development studies law and South Asian studies. It will also be useful to NGOs and CSOs working in the areas of community engagement social development and empowerment and literacy. | Community Newspapers in India Manifestations and Metamorphosis

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Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

This volume examines how protest movement counter-conducts the ways in which the citizens have been governed. It studies the rationale forms technologies techniques practices and impact of two protest movements in Northeast India: the tribal movement led by the Joint Action Committee Against Anti-Tribal Bills (hereafter JACAATB) in Manipur and the anti-corruption movement led by the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) in Nagaland. The study is an ethnographic enquiry into three counter-conduct approaches: First the attempt at disciplining the local state government through the adoption and deployment of certain technologies of citizenship making individuals politically active and capable of self-governance Second the desire for truth through the usage of Right to Information Act and the judicial inquiry against the misconducts of the state governments Third counter-conduct activities through techniques of critique and self-examination to not only resist or evade the state but also usher in new subjectivities and forms of governance An in-depth look at citizenship and state in contemporary Northeast India this volume will be of interest to scholars and students of political science governance public policy Northeast Studies and South Asia studies. | Governmentality Power and Counter Conduct in Northeast India’s Manipur and Nagaland

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Reversals of Fortune Why the Hierarchy Of Nations So Often Turns Topsy-Turvy

Reversals of Fortune Why the Hierarchy Of Nations So Often Turns Topsy-Turvy

Why has history so often turned the economic and political hierarchy of nations topsy-turvy? This book examines the evidence of the last 500 years to challenge the two dominant narratives on the answers to this question. It argues that the explanation lies neither in the quality of institutions that societies possess nor in their capacities for technological innovation. What matters for the economic and political success of a country it claims is the interaction between current technological knowledge and global demand on the one hand and its geography and the population it inherits from its past on the other. Those societies succeed whose endowments best fit the requirements of current technology and world demand. It hardly matters who developed the technology. In the process of examining the patterns that inform the fates of nations over time Reversals of Fortune charts the economic histories of Western Europe and Asia from the sixteenth century to the present day. A compelling tour de force this book reshapes and rethinks global history. The volume will be a fascinating read for scholars of history and economics especially economic history and human geography. | Reversals of Fortune Why the Hierarchy Of Nations So Often Turns Topsy-Turvy

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US–China Relations in the 21st Century

US–China Relations in the 21st Century

The beginning of the new millennium marked the meteoric rise of China in a decades-old world order dominated by the United States of America. This book explores the intricacies of China’s political economic and diplomatic relationship with the US and its consequences on international politics. It looks at the historical evolution of the US–China relationship their struggle for strategic power in various regions of the world as well as their bilateral involvement. The volume focuses on the need for greater Sino-American political and strategic partnerships in order to address global concerns such as non-proliferation of arms and nuclear weapons climate change energy security and international terrorism. It also looks at China’s growing influence the Belt and Road initiative and areas of conflicts and mutual interest. The authors unravel the major conflicts and political developments between the two countries offering a deeper insight into the challenges and strategies for greater co-operation and resolution of differences in the coming decades. This book will be of great interest for researchers and scholars of international relations China studies comparative politics development studies and public policy. It will also be useful for think tanks policy makers and general readers interested in the USA–China relationship. | US–China Relations in the 21st Century

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Nelson Mandela Peace Through Reconciliation

Nelson Mandela Peace Through Reconciliation

This book reflects on the life and politics of Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) and his efforts to broker peace and reconciliation in a deeply divided country. Through examples from apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa it explores conflict and methods for realising peace social justice and democracy. The book looks at the festering of animosity and racial bitterness between the white Afrikaner community and the black community during years of racial violence injustices and authoritarianism in South Africa. In the most violent phase of the country’s history Mandela offered to both communities peaceful means to ensure equality justice and inclusivity. The author highlights the extraordinary challenges which Mandela faced in mobilising consent and persuading both the black and the Afrikaner community to acquiesce to a peaceful transfer of power. The volume further details the socio-political contexts and negotiations which resulted in the swift transfer of power Mandela’s insistence on crafting inclusive systems of nationhood his multi-cultural cabinet and the institutionalisation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to address challenges facing the two communities in the post-conflict period. An accessible introduction to one of the greatest leaders in contemporary history this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of peace and conflict studies social exclusion and discrimination critical race theory human rights politics decolonisation and post-colonial studies sociology and history. | Nelson Mandela Peace Through Reconciliation

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Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy Border Self and the Other

Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy Border Self and the Other

This book presents a fascinating examination of modern Indian philosophical thought from the margins. It considers the subject from two perspectives – how it has been understood beyond India and how Indian thinkers have treated Western ideas in the context of Indian society. The book discusses the concepts of the self the other and the border that underline various debates on modernity. In this framework it proposes the notion of the other as an enabler in taking cue from the lives of Swami Vivekananda Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. It focusses on the nature and compulsions of the colonised self and its response to the body of unfamiliar and sometimes oppressive ideas. The study traces these themes with allusion to the works of Edward Said Frantz Fanon and Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya and the Bhagavad Gita. The author exposes the limitations in existing theories of self the incompatibility between the slavery of self and svaraj in ideas how the premodern village intersects modern city and democracy the radical challenges that confront society with its accumulated social evils inequality hierarchy and the need for reform and non-violence. This engaging work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Indian philosophy social and political philosophy Indian political theory postcolonialism and South Asian studies. | Modern Frames and Premodern Themes in Indian Philosophy Border Self and the Other

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Media Economics and Management

Media Economics and Management

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and terms in media economics and management and explains their applications using relevant data. Beginning with a conceptual study of media markets industry structures firm behaviour public policy production pricing and consumption choices in media industries the book uses the framework to present an in-depth examination of the management of four major media industry sectors in India: newspaper publishing television broadcasting film and digital media industries. It also deals with two topics relevant across media business sectors: creative industries approaches and copyright issues. The book discusses the economic forces and factors that shape the workings of media industries and institutions in India to highlight trends in a business that is rapidly evolving highly profitable and marked by regional linguistic economic and cultural diversity. This volume is a step towards formalising the emerging field of media economics and management within the discipline of mass communication and journalism as an area of research and education in India. An accessible guide to the basic principles and concepts of media economics and management with illustrations from Indian and global media industries this will be an essential resource for students researchers and teachers of media and communication studies media economics and management political economy and sociology as well as for professionals in media industries.

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Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India

Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India

This book analyzes drug addiction and abuse from the perspectives of the state and community in India with a special focus on North-West regions of India. India lies in the transit route of two major global centres of heroin and cocaine processing: the Golden Triangle of Myanmar Thailand and Laos towards the East; and the Golden Crescent of Afghanistan Iran and Pakistan to the West making it vulnerable to drug trafficking and curbing this has been a tough challenge for enforcement agencies. The book looks at: the nature and pattern of drug addiction across the age groups gender and occupational groups both in rural and urban areas in India the socio-economic causes of drug-use and addiction and the various socio-economic costs associated with it the general perception of family members police and political leaders on drug addiction as well as rehabilitation; and available mechanisms to address the issue at the level of family society and government and the changes required in policy to curb drug addiction and use This interdisciplinary book will be of importance to students and researchers of economics cultural and social anthropology sociology police administration political science and psychology. It will also be of interest to policy makers government agencies social scientists departments of social and preventive medicine social workers civil society drug-addicts and their families. | Dynamics of Drug Addiction and Abuse in India

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State of the Young Child in India

State of the Young Child in India

This Report is one of the first comprehensive studies on young children in India. It focuses on children under 6 years of age and presents key aspects of their well-being and development. With the highest number of neonatal infant and under-5 deaths in the world there is an urgent need to address issues that continue to affect the young child in India. This volume:Introduces two young child indices aggregating selected indicators to separately track child outcomes and child circumstances. Provides an account of the current situation of the young child in terms of physical and cognitive development access to care disadvantaged children and major issues that have led to the continued neglect of this age group. Explores the policy and legal framework fiscal space and the role and obligations of key stakeholders including the state private sector civil society media and the family. Highlights key recommendations and action points that can help to improve the ecosystem for early childhood care and development. Drawing on specially commissioned technical background papers supplemented by extensive field experience of Mobile Creches in childcare this Report will be of interest to practitioners policymakers and influencers think tanks and researchers of public policy development studies human rights sociology and social anthropology as well as general readers. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. tandfebooks. com/doi/view/10. 4324/9781003026488 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. . | State of the Young Child in India

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