The culmination of research undertaken in the rural panchayats of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu A Foot in the Door brings the voices of Dalit women to the forefront of the ongoing conversation about their political oppression. The authors examine the patriarchal and caste-bas... Lees meer.

This book enriched with illustrations tables and figures deals with the glaciology of the Himalayas. Providing an overview of Himalayan snow glaciers ice ages and glaciation it outlines the history of international efforts for the study of Himalayan glaciers. It a... Lees meer.

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This book attempts to examine the role of Panchayati Raj in disaster management with special reference to India. Based on a study conducted by the author under the aegis of Indian Institute of Public Administration IIPA New Delhi it discusses at length the challen... Lees meer.

Panchayat Raj is deeply steeped in the tradition and culture of rural India. Rural development is the main pillar of state development. It provides for a system of self-governance at the village level however it did not have a constitutional status till 1992. It is a... Lees meer.

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This work reviews the development of rural education both vertically and horizontally in the post independence period. The Indian National Congress under the dynamic Leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru had evolved a national system of education called as... Lees meer.

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This Publication is a substantially revised edition of the 1996 publication . Environmental Sanitation Health and Panchayati Raj. The fact that a mere 5.58 percent out of a rural population of 623 million has been covered by both safe drinking water and sanitation aft... Lees meer.

Islam as a philosophy a way of life and of course as a faith has served like a lighthouse for the whole world. It has as a force influenced all civilizations. Be it education social fabric or science Islam has Left its impact in all the spheres. In fact Islam is... Lees meer.

Local governance is a necessary condition for maturation of political and economic democracy. It undermines the vestiges of political authoritarianism and extends democracy to the grass roots. This book presents a study analysis and an overview of local governance Pan... Lees meer.

History bears out the fact that in India over the last five decades quite a large number of rural development programmes have been launched. But afterwards these programmes proved to be dysfunctional as it could not promote genuine popular participation in the progra... Lees meer.

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Rural Transformation undergoes a metamorphosis after the introduction of new governance at grassroots through the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India. Newly created institutions for governance have teething problems and yet they picked up momentum in their dynam... Lees meer.