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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. Clean text and interior. Unclipped dust jacket. Illustrated cover with same artwork as dust jacket.

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Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Published w/out dj. 1st Edition. Redondo Beach, CA: Advaita, 1999. 1st edition, F/. Paperback has very little wear. Includes index. "The impersonal functioning of Consciousness, or God, reflecting within itself the totality of manifestation. Live life making decisions and accepting the consequences as if you have free will - knowing it is consciousness seeking, doing, living, deciding. It is all there is. Nice copy, 198 pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Includes dust jacket. Moderate shelfwear and/or minor creases. Pages clean and intact.

Etat : New. pp. 230.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Institution of caste and untouchability. 2. Dalit problem: a national issue. 3. Casteless society: is it a dream? 4. The begar of forced labour: an institution of slavery. 5. Towards social transformation. 6. Change of religion: no solution of Dalit problem. 7. Caste system, untouchability and Jagjivan Ram. Appendices. Index. Babu Jagjivan Ram was one of the topmost political figures of the pre and post independence era and known in the history as a builder of modern India. He was a great social rebel and radical thinker who fought for the liberation of the millions of marginalised sections of society, including the untouchables, the Shudras the agricultural labour out of social isolation, slavery, serfdom and discriminations. The present publication Babu Jagjivan Ram: a Crusader for social equality based on his speeches and writings depicts his life long struggle for the uplift of the oppressed and the underprivileged classes and getting civil rights for them besides building a democratic socialistic India. Whatever social change or silent revolution had come amongst the historically abused sections of society, his contribution is great and memorable. This compilation will serve as a useful reference tool to the younger generation and general readers in understanding the social philosophy of India's one of the tallest leaders of 20th century. (jacket). …

Soft cover. Etat : New. Contents. Foreword. Preface. Overview lectures. 1.Progress in development from Pearson to Brandt to Brundtland to Brazil. 2. Sustainable development in coastal areas. 3. Sustainable management of coastal ecosystems educational needs. 4. Building an integrated ecological and livelihood security system. Theme I. Issues in ecological security. 5. Sustainable management and development of coastal aquaculture. 6. Coastal erosion and sustainable management. 7. Coastal agroforestry and its sustainable utilization. 8. Integrated water supply and waste disposal in the coastal zone and their impact on coastal ecosystem. 9. Sustainable agroforestry systems on the Northwest coast of Egypt. 10. Ecology conservation and restoration of coral reef ecosystems. 11. Sustainable management of the coastal ecosystem a case study. 12. Nature of phosphorous distribution in the Cauvery Estuary. 13. Mangroves and coral reef mapping of South Andaman Island through remote sensing. Theme II. Protecting the livelihood security of coastal communities. 14. Aquaculture a potential tool for coastal fishery development and management of living resources of the sea. 15. Coastal pollution and ecological sustainability. Theme III. Potential changes in sea level. 16. Sea level rise and its impacts on coastal ecosystems. Appendix. 215 pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Contents Preface 1 Indian tribal sovereignty 2 National tribal priorities for Indian education 3 Tribal alliances ways means and ends to successful strategy 4 Intellectual and cultural Property Rights of indigenous and tribal peoples 5 Racial ethic and tribal philanthropy 6 Bilingualism and intergroup relationship in tribal and non-tribal contact situation 7 Tribes and tribal origin use and future of the concept 8 Tribal development imperatives and compulsions 9 Education and social equity with a special focus on scheduled castes and scheduled tribes 10 Issues of social justice scheduled castes scheduled tribes and other backward classes 11 Invisible tribes urban Indians and their health in a changing world Bibliography IndexThe tribal societies have experienced religious and other cultural inclusion in to the so-called universal or dominant culture and consequently faced the problem of identity crisis Exclusion from infrastructure and health and education etc has led them to a situation where they find it difficult to cope with the outside world at present day situation The paper tries to find out what were the means and aims of tribal exclusion and inclusion and the consequences of the same with some instances 280 pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. As New in Hardcover. 466pp 8vo. General Science.

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Soft cover. Etat : New. 1st Edition. This book aims to expose a broad-based audience to sustainable economy. It will provide widespread discussion on the relation of development with energy, prospects of sustainable economy and a comprehensive overview with an authoritative and up-to-date scientific account of the renewable and sustainable energy resources including solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, geothermal, bio-energy, hydro, tidal, and wave.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. D/j chipped.

Etat : New. pp. 232.

Etat : New. pp. 284.

Hardcover. Etat : New. The present work Daiva written by the great grammarian DEVA (between 9th and 12th centuries A.D.) enumerates 745 Sanskrit roots. The uniqueness of this text is to present the roots almost identical in form in one place after collecting the same from the same conjugation or different conjugations through metrical form (Vrttabandha). The total no. of stanzas here are 200. This original work Daiva becomes very useful when it is given to the readers with its commentary Puruskara, composed by the versatile scholar Krsnalilasukamuni. This commentary is extremely helpful in understanding the original work Daiva. The commentator has referred to his predecessors who contributed to the study of Dhatapathas. Thus the scholars of Sanskrit in general and Sanskrit Grammar in specific will be benefitted by the present publication.…

Contents Preface 1 Spatial and inter-temporal disparities in sex ratio among social groups in IndiaK Ramesh 2 Social disparities in access to health care in IndiaM Swaaminathan 3 An Analysis of differentials in neonatal and infant mortality rates in India 140 pp.

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Contents 1 Agricultural marketing and rural credit status issues and reform 2 Agricultural marketing and access to transport services 3 Domestic marketing of agricultural products 4 Agricultural markets in developing countries 5 Organic farming wheat production and marketing 6 The role and importance of branding in agricultural marketing 7 Agricultural commodity markets in India policy issues for growth 8 Problems encountered by agricultural marketing firms in food and agricultural product exporting 9 Agricultural price policy farm profitability and food security 10 Macro-level analysis of food supply chain dynamics and diversity 11 Rethinking tropical agricultural commodities 12 Rural poverty agricultural production and prices 13 Impacts of trade macroeconomic and price policy on agriculture 14 Bringing agriculture to the market Bibliography IndexIn countries like India strengthening of agriculture is critical for facing the challenges of rural poverty food insecurity unemployment and sustainability of natural resources But there is a need to redefine agriculture as the science and practice of activities relating to production processing marketing distribution utilization and trade of food feed and fibre which implies that agricultural development strategy must address not only farmers but also those in marketing trade processing and agribusiness In this context efficient marketing and rural credit systems assume added importance Agricultural marketing system is the critical link between farm production sector on the one hand and non-farm sector industry and urban economy on the other Apart from performing physical and facilitating functions of transferring the goods from producers to consumers the marketing system also performs the function of discovering the prices at different stages of marketing and transmitting the price signals in the marketing chain 264 pp.…

Contents 1 Psychology as a science and its bearing on education and physical education 2 Sports psychology its meaning and importance to physical education 3 General innate tendencies motivations sympathy imitation needs drives suggestion and play 4 The learning process 5 Attention and interest 6 Learning curves 7 Transfer of training 8 Intelligence 9 Mental hygiene 10 Fatigue 11 Personality 12 Discipline and behaviour 13 Sports activities 14 Individual differences 15 Psychological preparation in sports competitions 16 The psychology of the groups 268 pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction governance and development reciprocity and reinforcementRamesh K Arora and Satish K Batra 2 Civil services the tasks aheadManmohan Singh 3 Good governance developmental dimensionN Vittal 4 Changing concept and role of governmentPR Dubhashi 5 Some ideas on governanceAbid Hussain 6 Governance and economic developmentBibek Debroy 7 Globalization reality ramifications and recourseSatish K Batra and Vinod Batra 8 Good governance and developmentNoorjahan Bava 9 The changing complexion of governance aid conditionality to development strategyUma Medury 10 Global trends in new public management challenges and constraints confronted by developing countriesKeshav C Sharma 11 Citizen-centric administrationRajendra Bhanawat 12 Reorganizing governance will functional division and autonomy help improve policy deliveryDolly Arora 13 Good governance in Bangladesh theoretical discourseMuhammad Mahmudur Rahman 14 The Bangladesh civil service and good governanceMohammad Mohabhat Khan 15 The new paradigm of governance a case from KeralaTM Joseph and Jos Chathukulam 16 Good governance administration and Panchayati RajS Nagendra Ambedkar 17 Right to information administrative effectiveness and public accountability exploratory study in the Indian contextRamesh K Arora The anthology presents a gist of well-known approaches to and views on the relationship between governance systems and the processes involved in multifaceted development While effective governance system is expected to facilitate holistic and inclusive development the development process in turn should also be helpful in strengthening the governance system It is difficult to categorically state as to what comes first good governance or development yet their reciprocity and interdependence cannot be disputed Eminent scholars and experts have discussed in this volume critical issues of development--the structure actors process ramifications impediments manifestations and impact In the larger backdrop salient aspects of governance have been discussed particularly in the context of their impact on the lives of the teeming millions who inhabit the developing regions of the world Contributions to the volume draw attention to the policy initiatives that deserve primacy in promoting a just equitable and dynamic socio-economic system that draws its vitality from a stable and vibrant politico-administrative orderWhat distinguishes this book is its strong conceptual orientation the empirical support it provides to its analysis and the instrumental perspectives it adopts in offering realistic solutions to the prevalent problems of governance as well as development jacket 268 pp. tables (illustrateur).…

Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Governance in India Facts and FacetsRamesh K Arora and Meena Sogani I Premises and Postulates 2 Challenges of GovernanceIK Gujral 3 Good Governance The Perennial paradoxK Kishore 4 Good governance and developmentN Vittal 5 Some political and administrative issues in India?s governanceCN Bhalerao 6 Crying need for reformRamesh Sood II Critical Concerns 7 Idealism in civil servicePR Dubhashi 8 Concept of public accountability The emerging emphasisArvind K Sharma 9 Civil servants in India ? Anonymous ciphers or questioning neutralsMarina R Pinto 10 Activism in administrationBG Sharma 11 Economic liberalization and globalization Impact on state administration and societyNoorjahan Bava 12 Good governance and Indian administration A Case for civil service reformDJ Bhaumik III Empathy and Sympathy 13 Governance and civil society Exploring the relationshipAP Saxena 14 Citizen-centric administration Rhetoric and realityIC Srivastava 15 Reaching the unreachedRajendra Bhanawat IV Ground Reality 16 Local government and federalism in IndiaRakesh Hooja 17 Re-engineering PRIs in the 21st Century rural IndiaHoshiar Singh 18 Disaster risk reduction through capacity building of the community and panchayati raj institutionsPardeep Sahni and Alka Dhameja 19 Community liaison groups Their contribution to policing in RajasthanMK Devarajan V Salient Subsystems 20 Negotiating for IndiaJagat S Mehta 21 Excellence through quality secondary educationSuresh Misra 22 Governance of Water Resources Some issuesShahd S Acharya VI Man with a Mission 23 Life at eightyB Hooja 24 Looking back at my official government careerB Hooja 25 Bhupendra Hooja A Man for all SeasonsRakesh Hooja 26 Remembering Bhupendra HoojaLloyd I Rudolph 27 Memories of good old BhoopiInder Malhotra 28 B Hooja as I knew HimTN Chaturvedi 2 Recalling a friendshipVBL MathurThe present anthology of original essays written by eminent academicians and civil servants focuses on key paradigms of governance in India in the perspective of their multifarious concerns applications and impact Several critical issues pertaining to administrative structures organizational behaviour transparency accountability ethics and effectiveness have been examined by the contributors in a most disapassionate manner The studies contained in the volume are empirical analytical as well as instrumental providing guidelines for enhancing the efficacy of multi-level governance systems in India The focus of analysis is on macro and micro level institutional dynamics The canvas is vast and the strokes create a variety of colours and impressionsThe volume poses several meaningful questions addresses a variety of concerns and also attempts to provide possible policy responses to the problem-areas of governance in India It will be found interesting and useful to the students and teachers of political science and public administration perceptive analysis of governance systems and creative policy makers 302 pp.…

Contents Preface Introduction I Disability perspectives 1 Disability poverty and sustainable development a new outlookPankaj Sreshakar 2 Definitional and enumeration inconsistencies a case for review differently abled populationBhupinder Zutshi 3 Strategies for including the excluded the differently abledAsha JV 4 Disability and skill development in IndiaRakesh Raman Jha II Developmental issues 5 Adjustment problems of disabled children and their educational opportunitiesRashmi Sharma and Vandana Bhardawaj 6 Landmines the deadliest face of terror disability and the United NationsVivek Saini 7 Protecting rights of disabled an educational interventionJayadeba Sahoo III Disability and human rights 8 Disabled in India imperatives for rethinking legal and policy interventionsAlok Kumar Gupta and Geetanjali Sharma 9 Disabilities and human rights of army personnelAnil Bhat 10 Disability and judiciaryP Saibabu and C Ravi Sankar 11 Parliament vis-a-vis social justice to disabled personsS Prabhakar IV Gendered dimension 12 Disability poverty and sustainable development a gendered perspectiveAmit Rahul and Rashmi Sinha 13 Disabled women in search of their identity Himachal in focusRuchi Ramesh 14 Disability and gender Indian contextSudhir Kumar Singh Bibliography IndexDisability has emerged as an utmost concern of emerging India The number of this most disadvantaged group is over 100 million and they have been under the twin discrimination from the state and society Bringing the disabled into the mainstreaming process of development will ensure sustainable development and inclusive growth of the country Their full proof empowerment is the key to the philosophy of inclusion and basic lever of fundamental human rights Being a democratic country is is our utmost responsibility to provide them all required facilities according to the Kautilayan notion of good governance The book deals with those pertinent issues in a comprehensive manner and come out with diverse level of policy suggestions jacket 250 pp.…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Bound in glazed boards, very slightly scuffed at outer edge of front board. 235 x 155 mm. xx, 172 pp. An overview of access to knowledge in India, and its implications for innovation, development, economic growth and distributive justice. Book.

Reprint. Contents Preface 1 Psychotherapy and counseling 2 Essentials of counseling skills 3 Counselling and therapeutic practices 4 Types of therapeutic practices 5 Ethics in psychotherapy and counseling 6 Understanding mental fitness Bibliography IndexThis work on psychotherapies dwells on the essentials of counselling counselling skills and therapeutic practices There is detailed discussion on types of therapeutic practices Counselling techniques and therapeutic practices aim at curing of mental disorders of seven kind Their other goals include remedy development and growth so that sufferers may attain their functional abilities to the fullest The role of counsellor carries great responsibility He has to be very patient with the client to listen carefully and sympathetically his problems The client-counsellor relationship goes a longway in curing the suffering The present volume reflects the ability and experience of the editor in deft handling of such a complex subject This will serve as an important reference tool for psychotherapists counsellors teachers and students 292 pp.…

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket Present. Proceedings of the Conference on The Life And Work Of Linus Pauling (1901- 1994): A Discourse On The Art Of Biography. February 28 - March 2, 1995, Corvallis, Oregon. "The aim of the conference was to convene scholars and journalists who have been writing about Linus Pauling as a biographical subject with friends and colleagues who knew him personally and with historians and archivists who have studied scientists as the subject of contemporary scientific biography." This book was limited to 750 copies. FINE HARDCOVER. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Contents Introduction 1 Role of women in tourism various aspectsAlokka Dutta 2 Tourism a development syndrome study on OrissaAmulya K Tripathy and Aamnayi Mishra 3 Management practices in hospital administration a study of the prominent participants in hospital and hospitality industry in Bangalore and HyderabadBindi Varghese 4 Tourism in India emerging strategiesKrishan Gopal 5 Strategic use of information technologies in the tourism industryLakhvir Suneja 6 Tourism for peace and stability a case study of Kashmir Valley IndiaMandira Dutta7 World heritage sites and promotion of tourism in Tamil NaduM Thilakavathy 8 Tourism in Barddhaman town West Bengal constraints and prospectsNC Jana 9 Eco-tourism in Himachal Pradesh need for a paradigm shiftRuchi Ramesh 10 Introduction significance of Parliament Constitutional provisions and tourismS Prabhakar 11 Tourism and regional cooperation in South AsiaSudhir Kumar Singh 12 Tourism promotion and marketing in Kerala the role of educational institutionsSuresh R 13 Assessment of tourism potential in rural Murshidabad West Bengal an empirical studyNC Jana and Syfujjaman Tarafder Bibliography Index Tourism has remained neglected in our country due to variety of factors The process of globalisation has however given new twist to India and we can develop our tourism sector at par with leading countries of the globe India has the potential to develop varieties of tourism and time has come to develop it at full pace We will incorporate millions of poor people into the mainstreaming process of development through developing tourism It is one of the most important possibilities which could help the country usher in new era marked by prosperity in 21st century to ensure sustainable development We must seize the opportunity jacket 221 pp.…

Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. Tribes Constitutes, the poorest section of our country, socially and educationally the most deprived, economically the most backward and who have been suffering injustice and repression since time immemorial. We have adopted democracy after independence as the mode of governance six and half decade after our independence we find that many communities are far away from the mainstreaming process of development. Indeed the tribals have not tasted real independence or freedom yet. The most of the tribes are inhabited in the lap of natural environment, they are biggest protectors of natural resources like forests, their minor products and non-renewable resources. The process of globalization has further pushed them back, to ensure all facets of their human rights we need to provide them rights over their natural habitat. This is one of the most turbulent problem the country is facing today.…

Contents Preface 1 Introduction public administration resilience and rejuvenationRamesh K Arora 2 Public administration in today?s world of organizations and marketsHerbet Simon 3 The civil service in an era of coalitionsMohammad Hamid Ansari 4 Civil service the tasks aheadManmohan Singh 5 Probity in public lifeVinod Rai 6 Changing profile of public administrationMohit Bhattacharya 7 Globalization and public administrationEH Valsan 8 Public management reformsDolly Arora 9 Reinventing public administration the new public management perspectiveUma Medury 10 Origin ideas and practice of new public management lessons for developing countriesMohammad Ehsan 11 Administrative reforms in the west imperatives for BangladeshKazi SM Khasrul Alam Quddusi 12 Civil servant of tomorrowMC Gupta 13 Governance and civil society exploring the relationshipAP Saxena 14 Electoral reforms for good governanceTM Joseph 15 Sixth Central Pay Commission pointers and perspectivesDhrubajyoti Bhaumik 16 Decentralization trends and debatesMohit Bhattacharya 17 The district collector an institution that continues to endureRakesh HoojaPast five decades have witnessed a remarkable transformation in the discipline as well as profession of public administration There have been variegated trends and developments such as New Public Administration Public Policy approach Public Choice orientation Post-Modernization Re-inventing Government Good Governance New Public Management and Strategic Management Despite their distinctive identities these foci have certain intrinsic commonalities and inter-linkages that make contemporary public administration richer profounder and more excitingThe present anthology contains essays written by eminent scholars and civil servants who view administrative reality and the discipline of public administration from an objective yet a pragmatic perspective The volume is full of interesting and thoughtful analysis of the issues that would interest mature students and creative professionals of Public Administration and Management 244 pp.…

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Physical therapy and microfracture surgery 3 Medicine drugs and healthcare 4 Medication errors 5 Food habits diet and diseases 6 Infections and medicine 7 Skin diseases and medicine 8 Incurabe diseases 9 Diseases related to respiratory system and medicine 10 Nervous system disorders and medicine 11 Endocrine diseases and medicine The phrase Sports Medicine is not specific to one careerprofession It instead encompasses a group of professionals from various disciplines whose focus is the heath of an athlete Athletes can be all ages and play on all different levels youth high school collegiate recreational and professional A person interested in becoming an orthopaedic sports medicine specialist must complete four years of medical school After their undergraduate schooling is completed training continues with a five-year residency in orthopaedics In order to sub-specialize which is the case with an orthopaedic sports medicine another two to four years of training is required Hopefully the present book will be useful for the students of physical education and sports sciences and other related courses 274 pp.…