Tamil Nadu, Human Development Report
Tamil Nadu, Human Development Report

Author: Social Science Press Staff

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9788187358145

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This is Tamil Nadu's first Human Development Report. Tamil Nadu has fared very well in human development among the States in India. It needs to be noted, however, that there are vast variations in the indicators of Human development within the State itself. Factors contributing to human development are disaggregated in this Report, and analysed at the district level. This will enable readers to understand the regional disparities in Tamil Nadu and the reasons behind them. The Report not only puts within one cover all the various aspects of human development in Tamil Nadu but also seeks to explain why the State has fared well in certain areas and not in others. It also highlights the policy interventions that will be required to correct the imbalances.

Female Infanticide, Its Causes and Solutions
Female Infanticide, Its Causes and Solutions

Author: R. Muthulakshmi

Publisher: Discovery Publishing House

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9788171413836

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Female Infanticide, a social problem is a multi dimensional phenomenon in Tamilnadu. This work is an attempt to study the problem historically and in a futuristic perspective. After analysing this social evil, a few suggestions are also made to solve this problem. A dozen case studies are presented by the author in order to identify the various dimensions of the problem. The author has tried to make theoretical framework as strong as possible in order to provide the right focus. As female infanticide has been rampant in the Usilampatti area of Tamilnadu, the area has been chosen for analysis. The study includes the analysis of the views of women on female infanticide before and after the introduction of the Adult Education Programme.

Rural--urban Divide
Rural--urban Divide

Author: Sneh Sangwan

Publisher: Concept Publishing Company

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9788180690167

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Attempts To Provide A Spatial View Of Rural-Urban Differentials In Select Aspects Of Demography In India. Provides New Insights For Population Policy Makers And Planners Also. Students/Researchers In Social Sciences And Agricultural Science.

Popular Christianity in India
Popular Christianity in India

Author: Selva J. Raj

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 0791487814

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Popular Christianity in India explores Indian Christianity as crafted and expressed through lived experience, providing an important balance to currently available, typically theological, studies. Drawing from many disciplines, this volume unearths the multifaceted terrain of festivals, rituals, saints, miracle workers, missionaries, and visionaries in Christian India, providing a wonderful glimpse of its richness and complexities. The contributors reveal the ways in which local Christian traditions deftly challenge assumed divisions and power imbalances between East and West, Hindu and Christian, foreign and indigenous, and elite and local expressions. Whether forging complicated religious, caste, and national identities, employing religious hybridity to promote well-being, or asserting autonomy within oppressive social and religious structures, local Christianity provides a crucial means for its participants to manage their earthly needs and desires.

The Violence of Development
The Violence of Development

Author: Karin Kapadia

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9781842772072

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Comprises 12 papers which assess the contemporary situation of women in India in four broad domains: the cultural, the social, the political and the economic. Argues that despite apparently positive indicators of progress, particularly education and paid employment, little has changed.