Contents:Foreword by Muchkund Dubey; Introduction: Social Development and the Story of the Marginalized Manoranjan Mohanty
Part I: Social Development: Key Issues
1. State of Poverty and Malnutrition in India R. Radhakrishna, C. Ravi, and B. Sambi Reddy;
2. Women, Disparities, and Development C.P. Sujaya;
3. Dalits and Development Surinder S. Jodhka;
4. The Forest Rights Act, the Adivasis, and the State Shankar Gopalkrishnan; 5. Child Rights and Implications for Indias Democracy Shantha Sinha;
6. Universalizing School Education Muchkund Dubey;
7. Para Teachers, Education Guarantee Scheme, and PPP: Road to Dismantling the Public Education System Sadhna Saxena;
8. Issues of Health and Equity in India N. J. Kurian;
9. Informal Employment in India Ajit K. Ghose;
10. Of Minorities and Social Development: The Case of Indias Missing Muslims Riaz Ahmad;
11. Rights in Theory and in Practice: A Case Study of the NREGA Kaustav Banerjee;
12. Violence in Contemporary India: Trends, Causes, Interventions K. S. Subramanian;
13. Social Development and Administrative Reforms Dolly Arora;
PART II: The Land Question and the Marginalized
14. Land Reforms: Unfinished Agenda or Reversal of Policy K.B. Saxena; 15. Agrarian Crisis and Challenges in Reviving Small Farmer Economy D. Narasimha Reddy;
16. Improving the Rural Poors Access to Land and Water in India T. Haque; 17. Landlessness and Marginalization: A Study of Kalahandi, Bhojpur, and Chittoor Suranjita Ray, G.N.Trivedi, N. Sukumar, and Manoranjan Mohanty; 18. Changing Agrarian Scene: Sociology of Land, Wages, and Indebtedness in UP Prashant Kumar Trivedi;
PART III: Social Development Index (SDI)
19. Social Development Index 2010 Kaustav Banerjee; PART IV: Concluding Essay
20. Why an Alternative Model of Economic Development ? Amit Bhaduri; Notes on Contributors; Index
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