Sage Publications Pvt Ltd imprint: 873 books
Governance in South Asia
State of the Civil Services
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
The book for the first time offers a comprehensive and contemporary account of the state of civil services in South Asia countries. It brings together experiences of former senior bureaucrats and critics from India and other SAARC nations to affirm the state of civil service and the need for reforms.
While...
Re-visioning Indian Cities
The Urban Renewal Mission
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Re-visioning Indian Cities probes the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) right from its inception to its present-day avatar. The book significantly adds to the knowledge base on the urban history of India.
Commencing with a historical background of the JNNURM, the book...
A New Vision for Mexico 2042
Achieving Prosperity for All
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Mexico is at a critical juncture. The next administration will assume power at a particularly crucial time in Mexico's economic and social development. Its priorities and actions will have a decisive impact on the country's long-term economic, social, and even, political trajectory. If the political...
by Pritam Singh, Asha Bhandarker
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world." In Search of Change Maestros is a book about leaders who chose to be that change.
In Search of Change Maestros documents the contributions of seven great Indian wealth creators and institution builders who thought out of the...
Social Legislation of the East India Company
Public Justice versus Public Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
A hitherto unattempted survey of social legislation by the East India Company, this book identifies the principles of Public Justice and Public Instruction as the inspiration for legislative decisions, some of which resonate in post-colonial India. It dwells particularly on legislation which manipulated...
by Raja J Chelliah
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2008
This book brings together three essays of Dr Chelliah on reforms and poverty alleviation. Together they unravel the working of the Indian political economy and explain the causes behind persistent poverty in the country despite economic growth. The essays address the issues of effective means of poverty...
Reforming Indian Agriculture
Towards Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction Essays in Honour of G K Chadha
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
This compilation includes original essays that examine past and current status of the agricultural sector in India and delineate the challenges it faces in the era of economic reforms. It highlights the issues that are beginning to raise serious policy discussions in India in view of continuing agrarian...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
The right to education has become the single most important agenda in the context of India`s development today, and this book addresses the issues that characterise the crisis in elementary education in the country. Bringing together diverse perspectives and analyses from scholars, activists and administrators,...
Media at Work in China and India
Discovering and Dissecting
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Anyone who visits India or China will puzzle over their vast media systems. Though they exercise immense influence, the world knows very little about the media landscape in the two countries. The world’s two most populous countries, comprising close to 40 per cent of the global population, have...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Progressive Fiscal Policy in India locates the prevailing fiscal policy in the overall macroeconomic policy regime of the nation. It presents a rigorous critique of the predominance of fiscal conservatism and neoliberal fiscal orthodoxy over the last two decades. The book develops a strong case for...
Economic Reforms in India and China
Emerging Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
This first-of-its-kind collection summarizes current trends in the economic scenario of India and China in the backdrop of globalization and outlines not only the goals and strategies for development but also the policies to achieve those goals. It provides a frame of development by addressing various...
Knowledge to Policy
Making the Most of Development Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
Does research influence public policy and decision-making and, if so, how? This book is the most recent to address this question, investigating the effects of research in the field of international development. It starts from a sophisticated understanding about how research influences public policy...
Globalization of Legal Services and Regulatory Reforms
Perspectives and Dynamics from India
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This book brings out the need to organize the Indian legal sector for greater competition against the backdrop of the changing economic realities in India and around the globe.
It argues that the primary issue facing this sector is not just that of liberalization and providing access to foreign...
GST and Its Aftermath
Is Consumer Really the King?
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
GST and Its Aftermath: Is Consumer Really the King? takes a close look at the ongoing debate on the indirect tax reform initiative in India. It explains in simple, layperson parlance the complex structure of indirect taxation in India—both in the past and in the present—and sheds light on the...