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Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Accession Update

  01-08-2014 to 31-08-2014


 Vol:1, Issue no-4 (August 2014)

Psychology

·       Woolfe, Ray (et al.): Handbook of Counselling Psychology (3rd edn). Los Angeles, Sage Publications, 2010 (158.3 W80H)
·       Geldard, Kathryn & Geldard, David: Counselling Adolescents: The Proactive Approach For Young People (3rd edn). London, Sage Publications, 2010 (361.06 G26C)
·       Hall, Eric (et al.): Guided Imagery: Creative Interventions in Counselling & Psychotherapy. London. Sage Publications, 2006 (361.06 H15G)
·       Chaplin, Jocelyn: Feminist Counselling in Action (2nd edn.) London, Sage Publications, 1999 (361.06 C30F)
·       Burstow, Bonnie.: Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the context of violence. London. Sage Publications, 1992 (155.633 B98R)

Sociology


·       Bilton, Tony : Introductory Sociology. New York. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 (301 B53I)
·       Gordon, R.A. : Regression Analysis For the Social Sciences. London. Routledge, 2013 (519.536 G55R)
·       Scott, James C.: The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia. London. Yale University Press, 1976 (305.56 S26M)

Social Conflict

·       Scott, James C. : Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts. London. Yale University Press, 1990 (303.6 S26D)
·       Coser, Lewis A. : The Functions of Social Conflict. New York. The Free Press, 1956 (303.6 C63F)
·       Maalouf, Amin: In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong. New York. Arcade Publishing, 2012 (302.4 M11I)
·       Dershowitz, A.M. : Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat Responding to the Challenge. London. Yale University Press, 2002 (303.625 D37W)
·       Keane, John: Violence and Democracy. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 2004 (303.6 K15V)
·       Sjoberg, L. & Via, Sandra (etd): Gender, War and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives. Oxford. Praeger, 2010 (303.6 S49G)

Social Research


·       Creswell, John W.: Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches. Los Angeles. Sage Publications, 2009 (301.072 C72R)

Women


·       Nussbaum, M.C. & Glover, Jonathan (etd): Women, Culture and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities. Oxford. Clarendon Press, 1995 (305.42 N95W)
·       Scott, Joan. Wallach: Gender and the Politics of History. New York. Columbia University Press, 1999 (305.409 S26G)
·       Rowbotham, Sheila: Women in Movement: Feminism and Social Action: London. Routledge, 1992
·       Nussbaum, M.C. : Women and Human Development: The Capability Approach. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 2000 (305.42 N95W)
·       Warren, Karen J. (etd): Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature. Jaipur. Rawat Publications, 1997 (304.2 W21E)

Dalit


·       Center For Equity Studies: India Exclusion Report: 2013-14. Bangalore, Books For Change, 2013 (305.568 C29I)

Social Movement

·       Scott, James C.: Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance. London. Yale University Press, 1985 (303.484 S26W)

Urban Development


·       Martinelli, Flavia (et al): Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism. London. Routledge, 2013 (307.76 M39U)

Ethnicity

·       Guibernau, Montserrat & Rex, John (etd): The Ethnicity Reader: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration. Cambridge. Polity Press, 2010 (305.8 G96E)

Political Science



·       Mehta, V.R.: Foundations of Indian Political Thought. New Delhi. Manohar Publications, 1996 (320.01 M52F)
·       Giddens, Anthony: The Nation-State and Violence.Los Angeles. University of California Press
·       Kashyap, S.C.: Indian Constitution: Conflicts and Controversies. New Delhi. Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd. , 2010 (342.54 K13I)
·       Chakravarti, Sudeep: Highway 39: Journeys Through A Fractured Land . New Delhi. Fouth Estate, 2012 (320.5417 C29H)
·       Corbridge, Stuart. (et al.): Seeing the State: Governance and Governmentality in India. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, 2005 (320.54 C60S)

·       Chakrabarty, Bidyut: Coalition Politics in India. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2014 (324.254 C29C)


Human Rights

·       SAHRDC: Handbook of Human Rights and Criminal Justice in India: The System and Procedure (3rd edn) New Delhi. Oxford University Press, 2006 (323 S11H)
·       SAHRDC: Introducing Human Rights. New Delhi. Oxford University Press, 2006 (323 S11I)
·       Baxi, Upendra: The Future of Human Rights (3rd edn). New Delhi. Oxford University Press, 2008 (323 B34F)
·       Mutua, Makau : Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 (323 M96H)


Agriculture


·       Bansil, P.C.: Economic Problems of Indian Agriculture. New Delhi. CBS Publishers, 2002 (338.1 B21W)
·       Hansen, H.O: Food Economics: Industry and Markets. London.Routledge, 2013 (338.19 H26F)
·       Geertz, Clifford: Agricultural Involution: The Process of Ecological Change in Indonesia. London. University of California Press,1963 (577 G25A)

Industry

·       Ghoshal, P.K.: Prospects and Problems of Brick Industry. New Delhi. Mittal Publications, 2008( 338.4769 G28P)
·       Griffiths, Sir Percival: The History of the Indian Tea Industry.London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967 (338.476954 G87H)
·       Hansmann, Henry: The Ownership of Enterprise. London. Harvard University Press, 1996 (338.7 H26O)

·       Pranmalai, K.R. A.: Management of Brick Industry. New Delhi, Serials Publications, 2014 (338.4769 P74M)

Economics


·       Goyal, Ashima (etd): The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century: Understanding the Inherent Dynamism. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2014 (330.54 G61O)
·       Pilling, Doria (etd): Marxist Political Economy: Essays in Retrieval: Selected Works of Geoff Pilling. London. Routledge, 2012 (335.4 P56M)

·       Martins, Nuno Ornelas: The Cambridge Revival of Political Economy. London. Routledge, 2014 (330.157 M39C)
·       Fadda, Sebastiano & Tridico, Pasquale (etd): Financial Crisis, Labour Markets and Institutions. London. Routledge, 2013 (330.9 F12F)
·       Sotiropoulos, D.P. (et al.): A Political Economy of Contemporary Capitalism and its Crisis: Demystifying Finance. London. Routledge, 2013 (330.122 S62P)
·       Taylor, Lance (et al): Social Fairness and Economics: Economic Essays in the Spirit of Duncan Foley. London. Routledge, 2013 (330.15 T20S)
·       Lipsey & Chrystal: Economics (12th edn.)Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2011 (330 L66E)
·       Storr, Virgil Henry: Understanding the Culture of Markets. London. Routledge, 2013 (330 S84U)


Finance
·       Liu, Qiao (et al.): Finance in Asia: Institutions, Regulation and Policy. London. Routledge, 2013 (332.1095 L68F)



Economic Development

·       Mukherji, Rahul: Political Economy of Reforms in India. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2014 (338.9 M85P)
·       Chambers, Robert: Whose Reality Counts? Putting the First Last. London. Practical Action Publishing, 1997 (338.9 C28W)
·       Zovanyi, Gabor: The No-Growth Imperative: Creating Sustainable Communities Under Ecological Limits to Growth. London. Routledge, 2013 (338.97 Z8N)
·       Wilson, Rodney: Economic Development in the Middle East (2nd edn.) London. Routledge, 1995 (338.956 W59E)
·       Clunies-Ross, Anthony & Huq, Mozammel: The Universal Social Safety-Net and the Attack on World Poverty: Pressing Need, Manageable Cost, Practical Possibilities, favourable Spillovers. London.Routledge, 2014 (362.5 C45U)
·       Shapiro, Stuart & Borie-Holtz, D: The Politics of Regulatory Reform. London. Routledge, 2013 (352.8 S33P)
·       Marjit, Sugata & Rajeev, Meenakshi (etd): Emerging Issues in Economic Development: A contemporary Theoretical Perspective. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2014 (338.9 M33E)
·       Cardoso, J.L. (etd): Economic Development and Global Crisis: The Latin American Economy in Historical Perspective. London. Routledge, 2014 (338.98 C19E)
·       Portes, Alejandro (et al.): The Informal Economy: Studies in Advanced and Less Developed Countries. London. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989 (338.642 P69I)
·       Irawati, Dessy & Rutten, Roel (etd): Emerging Knowledge Economies in Asia: Current Trends in ASEAN 5. London. Routledge, 2014 (338.959 I6E)
·       Williams, C.C. (et al.): The Role of Informal Economies in the Post-Soviet World: The End of Trnsition? (338.947 W52R)

Globalization

·       Mathews, Gordon (etd): Globalization From Below: The World’s Other Economy. London. Routledge(337 M44G)
·       Mukherji, Rahul: Globalization and Deregulation: Ideas, Interests and Institutional Change in India . Oxford. Oxoford University Press, 2014 (338.91 M85G)
·       Bigsten, Arne (etd): Globalization and Development: Rethinking Interventions and Governance. London. Routledge, 2013 (338.91 B52G)
·       Fogarty, Edward A. : States, Nonstate Actors and Global Governance: Projecting Politics. London. Routledge, 2013 (337 F60S)
Labour

·       Bhatt, Ela R.: We are poor but So Many. New Delhi. Oxford University Press, 2006 (331.4 B51W)
·       Sengupta, Sarthak: The Tea Labourers of North East India: An Anthropo-historical Perspective. New Delhi. Mittal Publications, 2009 (331.7633 S28T)
·       Hensman, Rohini: Workers, Unions and Global Capitalism: Lessons From India. New York. Columbia University Press, 2011 (331. 88954 H56W)
·       Thakur, Devendra & Thakur, D.N. (etd): Tribal Labour and Employment. New Delhi. Deep & Deep Publications

·       Scholz, Trebor (etd): Digital Labour: The Internet as Playground and Factory. London. Routledge, 2013 (302.231 S23D)
·       Khor, Niny & Mitra, Devashish (etd): Trade and Employment in Asia.Manila. Asian Development Bank, 2013 (331.12 K56T)

·       Thangavelu, Shandre & Chongvilaivan, A. : Globalization, Outsourcing and Labour Development in ASEAN. London. Routledge, 2013 (331.12 T30G)
·       Thompson, E.P. : The Making of English Working Class. London. Penguin Books, 1980 (331.44 T37M)
·       Venkataramana, P. : Industrial Relations. New Delhi. APH Publishing Corporation, 2007 (331 V42I)

·       Durkheim, Emile: The Division of Labour in Society. Delhi. Surjeet Publications, 2011 (331 D95D)

Livelihood


·       Hazarika, S.D.  &  Garg, Saurabh (etd): Livelihood and Resource Utilisation in North-East India: Participating in the Global Discourse of Sustainablility. Guwahati. Anwesha Publications, 2014 (338.195416 H48L)

Entrepreneurship

·       Mcadam, Maura: Female Entrepreneurship. London. Routledge, 2013 (338.04 M51F)

·       Thai, M.T.T & Turkina, Ekaterina: Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy: Models, Approaches and Prospects for Economic Development. New York. Routledge, 2013 (338.04 T30E)

Environment


·       Desta, Asayehgn: Environmentally Sustainable Economic Development. London. Praeger, 1999 (363.7 D37E)
·       Barbier, E.B. & Markandya, Anil: A New Bluprint For A Green Economy. London. Routledge, 2013 (333.7 B22N)

Social Work


·       Weiss, Idit (etd): Professional Ideologies and Preferences in Social Work: A Global Study. London. Praeger, 2003 (361.3 W28P)
·       Dadds, Mark R. : Families, children and the development of dysfunction. London. Sage Publications, 1995 (362.2083 D11F)
Criminology

·       Anderson, Clare: Legible Bodies: Race, Criminality and Colonialism in South Asia. Oxford, Berg, 2004 (365.954 A49L)

Science

·       Xu, Jianping & Wu, Qingyu: Essentials of Life Science (2nd edn.). New Delhi. Medtec, 2014 (570 X7E)
·       Cooper, Geoffrey M. & Hausman, Robert E. : The Cell: A Molecular Approach (6th edn.)Massachusets. Sinauer Associates, 2013 (571.6 C58C)

Management


·       Taylor, Frederick Winslow: The Principles of Scientific Management. New York. Cosimo Classics, 2006 (658.5 T19P)

Law


·       Hakimdavar, Golnoosh: A Strategic Understanding of UN Economic Sanctions: International Relations, Law and Development. London. Routledge, 2014 (341.5 H13S)

Engery
·       Wu, Yanrui (etd): Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Deepening Understanding and moving forward. London. Routledge, 2014 (333.79 W94E)

Literature
·       George, T.R.St: Wildcat Strike. Xilbrics. Xilbrics Corporation, 2000 (823 G27W)
·         Bezboruah, D.N. (etd): A Game of Chess: Classic Assamese Stories. New Delhi. Penguin Books, 2009 (891.451 B51G)

History

·       Nehru, Jawaharlal: The Discovery of India. New Delhi. Penguin Books, 2004 (954.54 N38D)
·       Guha, Amalendu: Planter Raj to Swaraj: Freedom Struggle and Electoral Politics in Assam, 1826-1947  . New Delhi. Tulika Books, 2014 (954.5416 G96P)
·       Fischer-Tine, Harald : Shyamji Krishnavarma: Sanskrit, Sociology and Anti-Imperialism. London. Routledge, 2014 (954.03 F49S)

NSDC push to innovative solutions for skill challenge 



National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has announced the launch of the NSDC Innovations for Skills Challenge 2014 (NISC).  Organised at the national level, it is a competition that is aimed at providing innovative skilling enterprises across the country an opportunity to receive funding to the tune of Rs 3 crore.
NISC 2014 will identify and invest in 10 to 15 robust enterprises, which will positively impact and create a multiplier effect in the space of skill development in India.
In addition to the funding, NISC 2014 also provides finalists various non-monetary rewards such as connect to industry experts and business leaders, access to discounted working spaces, a six-month mentorship and national visibility.
Recognising the importance of skill development, NSDC has developed this challenge to encourage organisations with innovative solutions that can provide scale, reduce cost and train & equip the workforce of India at par with industry standards. The first level applications are open till September 24, 2014, after which a list of selected proposals will be released.
- See more at: http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2014/09/nsdc-push-to-innovative-solutions-for-skill-challenge/#sthash.lEk5Kf77.dpuf

Modi asks Students to Dream and Do Something in Life 



The Indian Prime Minister was more than enthusiastic to interact with the students on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, who asked him questions from all walks of life. Narendra Modi went on to explain to them the importance of ideation and living life to the fullest with hard work. Excited about the idea of interacting with the Prime Minister on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, students flooded Narendra Modi with questions on a variety of subjects.
The most basic came from a student who asked, “How did you feel when you left Gandhinagar to come to Delhi?” Modi replied by saying that he has not had the time to see Delhi. But thanks to his experience as a Chief Minister, the role of PM has not been too difficult. “The issues might have changed, the horizon expanded, and responsibilities increased and we have to work harder now, but it has not been very tough. But yes, now we have to be very careful about the words we use, because it can harm the country. Let’s see if there is much change in the future.”
In an effort to absorb from the experiences of Modi, a student sought to know what the biggest contributor to his life has been – experience or teachers. The PM said that although we are taught that experience is the biggest teacher, if one does not get the right teaching and values, experiences or situations can even destruct you. “It depends on how you are trained to absorb it,” he said.
The high points of the interaction came when a child clearly asked Modi how one could become the Prime Minister of a country. The Prime Minister said that sensitivity to serve your nation and its people teamed with hard work and passion can enable any son of this soil to reach the country’s highest chair, and there will be no stopping that person. On a lighter note, he also remarked that he would remain on the post till 2024 and that the student should start preparing for elections thereafter.
Modi also told students that most people are unhappy because they dream of ‘becoming’ something and not of ‘doing’ something. Encouraging students to dream and do something in life, he said, “In the course, when you achieve something, it is a great satisfaction.”
One quality of that the PM attributed his success to is the fact that he is a taskmaster; the fact that he believes in performance, work, and discipline, not just for others, but for himself before anybody else. The PM said that views and thought process of the new generation lifted his spirits and said in reply to a child that everybody in life is searching for the answer to who he is and the day we discover ourselves, it is one of the greatest things.
And moving towards a larger world view for delivering results, Modi gave an example from his Japan visit where he greatly admired the optimum use of technology. “While teaching is negligible, focus is on learning,” he said.
The Prime Minister also expressed concern about hygiene conditions in school, the environment, educating the girl child and other vital issues in the field of education that can change the course of our country’s future.
- See more at: http://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2014/09/modi-asks-students-to-dream-and-do-something-in-life/#sthash.HixwA3Ru.dpuf
Sep 09 2014 : Mirror (Bangalore)
`God particle' could destroy the universe: Hawking
LONDON
PTI


The elusive 'God particle' discovered by scientists in 2012 has the potential to destroy the universe, famed British physicist Stephen Hawking has warned.According to Hawking, 72, at very high energy levels the Higgs boson, which gives shape and size to everything that exists, could become unstable. This, he said, could cause a “catastrophic vacuum decay“ that would lead space and time to collapse, 'Express.co.uk' reported.
“The Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become megastable at energies above 100bn giga-electron-volts (GeV),“ Hawking wrote in the preface to a new book called Starmus. “This could mean that the universe could undergo catastrophic vacuum decay, with a bubble of the true vacuum expanding at the speed of light.
“This could happen at any time and we wouldn't see it coming,“ said Hawking.
The Higgs boson, also known as the God particle, was discovered in 2012 by scientists at CERN who operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory.
Hawking said the likelihood of such a disaster is unlikely to happen in the near future, however, the danger of the Higgs becoming destabilised at high energy is too great to be ignored.
Sep 09 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
5,000 govt scientists to teach in schools, colleges
New Delhi:
TIMES NEWS NETWORK


The government has decided to make it mandatory for over 5,000 scientists, working in different central agencies including the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to undertake 12 hours of lecture classes in an academic year in public-funded schools and colleges across the country .Announcing the decision, Union science and technology minister Jitendra Singh said it would be “mandatory“ for the scientists to formally take classes in schools and colleges which would be identified for this purpose in coordination with the ministry of human resources development. The minister said this kind of engagement would be “free of any honorarium“.
He said the government was devising a methodology depending upon the scientists' area of interest, area of excellence and specialisation.
The minister also announced a special promotion scheme-KIRAN (Knowledge, Involvement, Research, Advancement through Nurturing) for women scientists “to bring about, as far as possible, gender parity in the field of science and technology“.
“There are a number of women scientists who have inevitable break in the continuous career...we are trying to evolve a mechanism (to see) that we don't lose out to them and they don't lose out to us,“ Singh said while listing initiatives of his ministry.
Giving a detailed account of the achievements and initiatives taken in the first 100 days of Narendra Modi government, Singh said the ministries under his charge had been able to scale-up scientific research to address several key socio-economic issues. This has been achieved by collaborating with other ministries while making a concerted effort to build scientific temper among the youth.
Highlighting specific achievements, he said that the department of science and technology got approval of Expenditure Finance Committee for India's participation in Thirty Meter Telescope project involving astronomy research institutes in India, US, Canada, Japan and China.

Monday, September 08, 2014

Economic & Political Weekly: Table of Contents


Now that "development" has delivered the votes, the BJP is back to hard-line Hindutva.

Taking on ISIS

There is just no easy and clear way to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
Editorials
Shouldn't students and teachers have the freedom to decide how to celebrate Teachers' Day?
Commentary
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recently released its report on media ownership to a studied indifference from the print media which otherwise debates this issue vigorously. Why have the newspapers avoided a serious and vigorous...
Commentary
The statewide Intensive Household Survey conducted in Telangana is similar to many such surveys carried out in undivided Andhra Pradesh. The data collected and used by state and non-state parties have political implications. One is of "data...
Commentary
The parallels between Hanoi (1965-68) and Gaza (2014) are chilling. Yet, while the Vietnamese liberation fi ghters, through similar trials and tribulations, could emerge victorious after two decades of fi ghting (1950-70), why are the Palestinian...
Commentary
The Indian decision to block adoption of a decision on trade facilitation at the World Trade Organisation has been portrayed as "short-sighted". If truth be told, long-pending proposals for reforming the Agreement on Agriculture were...
Commentary
U R Ananthamurthy (1932-2014) was the quintessential public intellectual, combative on matters of public interest and unafraid to run counter to popular opinion and prejudices. He won the admiration of many and the hatred of regressive forces and...
Book Reviews
The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels by Tristram Hunt (London: Allen Lane), 2009; pp xvi + 443, £ 14.99.
Book Reviews
Hindi Dalit Literature and the Politics of Representation by Sarah Beth Hunt (New Delhi: Routledge), 2014; pp 264, Rs 695.
Perspectives
Tuberculosis is spreading with renewed vigour globally as are its more virulent strains like multi-drug-resistant TB and extensively drug-resistant TB. Even as the bacteria mutates and there is urgent need to deal with the many inadequacies of...
Special Articles
This study seeks to contribute to a better understanding of precarious employment, highlighting its association with migration through the prism of the private security industry in Goa. In light of rising social anxiety about poor,...
Special Articles
Although Jagmohan is most infamously associated with the Emergency, there is much more to his figure when his role is seen in specific intersections of Indian political and economic history. This paper spans his lifetime of work, from his...
Special Articles
In this paper the idea of conservation is revisited through capturing the erstwhile pre-capitalist lifeworld of the Kāṇis of Shenduruney and Agastiya Malai regions of the southern Western Ghats within Kerala. The essence of conservation is traced...
Notes
In their attempt to ensure speedy recovery of loans, banks in India have begun publishing photographs and details of defaulting borrowers. It has proven to be an effective method of putting social pressure on defaulting borrowers. However, it is...
Discussion
Despite the potential of the paper, "Critical Thinking on Caste among Schoolchildren in Maharashtra: Case Study of Two Schools in Chiplun" (EPW, 31 May 2014), it is reduced to a reporting of some of the views and attitudes of children...
Economic Notes
This article examines trends in corporate profi tability based on data contained in the Reserve Bank of India's studies. It observes that the profi t margin and real return on capital employed came down between 2009-10 and 2012-13. Though...
Postscript
The success of the Pro Kabaddi League has been an eye-opener for the “other side” of television executives and audiences long disdainful of this Indian sport. 
Postscript
As Madras enters the 375th year of its founding, we still do not know why the sepoys of the Madras Native Regiment gave so much to the founding of the Empire and were yet quick to rebel. 
Postscript
The possible abbreviations for the Leader of Opposition offer an interesting diversion into the origin of words and their usage. 
Glimpses from the Past / Web Exclusives
Bipan Chandra's contribution to the understanding of modern India and communalism has engaged generations of scholars. We, at EPW, present this special article that he wrote in the August 1975 issue, on Jawaharlal Nehru and his...
Web Exclusives
The body that is to replace the Planning Commission must build on the strengths of the existing one even as it addresses