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Synopsis
As an ideology and as a system of governance, democracy has contributed the most to human progress the world over. But for a democracy to be genuinely democratic and representative, that is, of the people, by the people and for the people , it must be made meaningful in implementation and answerable for the lives of all its subjects. In other words, a true democracy is a daily plebiscite.
This volume addresses the broad themes of development as freedom, equality and human ascent within the framework of democracy and decentralised governance.
Fourteen essays. Diverse in their range of concerns, perspectives and insights the common thread binding them is the emphasis on human development and social inclusion.
The volume editors Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, a broad theoretical framework for the volume, and brief summaries of the essays.
The first seven essays interrogate and critique the ideas of democracy, development, and how development has been understood to mean the pursuit of growth that is market driven and measured solely in terms of GNP. This implies that what the GNP cannot measure is not termed growth , which excludes the lives and endeavours of more than half the people of a country like India. Hence, the urgent need to search for alternative redefinitions of the idea of development which is inclusive of all, both at the level of policy and implementation.
The other seven essays look at issues like primary education; food security; financing for metropolises (for e.g., Mumbai); caste and gender parity (which India is still struggling to achieve); technology as freedom because technology has the power to create a level playing field for all; decentralisation and innovation in governance, in particular, the Kerala model of development , Latin American experiments in democracy, and China s astounding growth story all of which offer valuable comparisons and lessons for India, and the world at large.
Contributed by scholars of national and international repute, these fourteen essays are a fitting tribute to well-known developmental economist Professor M. A. Oommen whose influential writings and teachings reflect a lifelong commitment to equity.
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Ash Narain Roy is Director, Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi.
George Mathew is Chairman, Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi.
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Development, Decentralisation and Democracy
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Orient BlackSwan, 2015
ISBN 10: 812505877X
ISBN 13: 9788125058779
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction/Ash Narain Roy and George Mathew. 1. The need for impatience/Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. 2. A synopsis of the idea of development/Henry Veltmeyer. 3. Reconceptualising social development/Manoranjan Mohanty. 4. Technology, freedom and development: towards some conceptual clarifications/T. K. Oommen. 5. Development as growth of GNP: the Trojan horse of development discourse/K. N. Kabra. 6. A post-capitalist paradigm: the common good of humanity and the progressive governments of Latin America/François Houtart. 7. Amartya Sen in Beijing: comparing human development in India and China/Joseph Tharamangalam. 8. Universal Primary Education, the Obstacles in Rural Areas: A Comparison/G. K. Lieten. 9. Poverty alleviation: the Indian food security oriented approach/M. H. Suryanarayana. 10. Metropolitan City Finance in India: options for a new fiscal architecture/Roy Bahl. 11. Politics of a public space refusing to be public enough: a case of innovation in governance from Kerala/K. N. Harilal. 12. Towards sustainable innovation: the plantation sector in Kerala/K. J. Joseph. 13. State, markets and changing household demand for education in Kerala/N. V. Varghese. 14. Family planning and the history of gender in Kerala: a brief foray/J. Devika. M. A. Oommen: A Profile/Ash Narain Roy. Index. Bringing together essays critical in contemporary development discourse, this volume addresses the broad themes of development as freedom, equality and human ascent within the framework of democracy and decentralised governance. The first seven essays interrogate and critique the ideas of democracy, development and its translation into the pursuit of growth that is market driven and measured exclusively in terms of GNP. They search for possible, more inclusive reconceptualisations of development . The other seven look at issues like primary education, food security, metropolitan finance, caste and gender parity, technology as freedom, decentralisation and innovation in governance in particular, the Kerala model of development, Latin American experiments in democracy and China s growth story-all of which offer valuable comparisons and lessons for India and the world. Eclectic in their range of concerns, perspectives and insights, the common thread binding the essays is the accent on human development and social inclusion-a fitting tribute to developmental economist Professor M. A. Oommen whose influential writings and teachings reflect a lifelong commitment to equity. With contributions by well known economists from India and abroad, this volume will be useful for students and scholars of economics and development studies, finance, public policy, governance and sociology. Seller Inventory # 115914