Transitional Puzzles
Reflections on Social, Economic and Political Issues

First Edition

Amlan Datta - Late of Economist and Educationist

January 2009 | 304 pages | SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Transitional Puzzles: Reflections on Social, Economic and Political Issues is a collection of essays on India. Remarkable for its jargon-free clarity, the book is intended for the common man who seeks to understand the India he lives in. The articles offer simple analysis of complex policies, dealing with varied and vast issues such as values in a shifting Indo-Western scenario, education and industry in times of political changes, sustainable growth, industrialization and social reconstruction, alternative economic order, higher education in India, Gandhism, human values, and Indian democracy. The discourse also introduces original concepts such as Life-World and Neo-Radicalism.

This collection will be an invaluable source of knowledge for a wide readership; the average informed reader will find the content most enriching. Besides, it will also hold the interest of those involved in the studies of Sociology, Politics and Economics.

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Introduction

Our Ever-Increasing Family

Unity Today

Transitional Puzzles

Economics of Urban Agglomerations

Sustainable Growth

Industrialisation and Social Reconstruction

Beyond the Short Run

The Great Transition

Towards an Alternative Economic Order

New Perspectives of Economic Development

Democracy, Rural Reconstruction and Humanism

Higher Education in India: A Dilemma

Education, Science and Economic Development

Tagore's Philosophy of Education

Power of Religion

Ambedkar: A Rebel with a Cause

On Gandhism

What Gandhi meant by God

Kumarappa's Critique of High Industrialisation

Life world: Private and Public Domains

Beyond the Clash of Civilisations

The Problem of Corruption

Atheistic Idolatry

The Decline of Communism

Reason, Revolution and Social Progress

The Limits of Hedonism

Beyond the Welfare State

The Future of India's Polity

People's Power

The Spirit of Indian Democracy

Quest for the Ideal

A New Radicalism

Socialism Reviewed

The Liberal Approach

A Finer Humanism

Index

The sheer breadth of the collection will provide insightful material for readers involved in social, political and economic studies.

South Asia Research

This is the work of a roving mind that is bound to engage anyone interested in the wide expanse of issues confronting the developing world on its march towards industrialisation.

Business India

The book touches upon a number of issues, ideas and institutions at the global level with a special outlook towards India. It discusses the important issues in bits and pieces without going into jugglery of scientific terms and statistical formulations.

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