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Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2015. Softcover. New. Paradigm changes and innovations have always been an indispensible part of our societys evolution. While changes are unevenly distributed through time, they are often the drivers of incremental innovations. As new paradigms stimulate the development of new product-market opportunities, they also require new strategies and capabilities. Successful businesses worldwide periodically conduct market research in order to stay tuned to changing market trends and to retain their competitive edge. Whether your business is in a start-up stage or in an expansion phase, market research is vital for understanding the critical characteristics of your target market to increase sales revenue, profit, ROI and overall business success. The importance of market research can be best perceived by understanding the various factors that impact your business. Also it emphasizes on innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of new entrepreneurial economy. In the era of globalization and knowledge economy propelled by the phenomenal growth in IT, a paradigm shift in productivity and economic development and in management thought is clearly discernible. Significant growth has been witnessed in the Electronics and IT sector during 1980s and 1990s. Investment for creation of basic informatics infrastructure with universal access and the consequent creation of employment has been recommended to be realized at the earliest. Today branding is giving rise to complexities of the market, a growing concern is how to truly understand consumers and socio-cultural insights in order to better design the marketing program and maximize contextual advantages. It also explains Socio-cultural insight experts help brands and companies understand complex relationship between their commercial efforts, social and cultural dynamics, which eventually leads to better designing and fine- tuning marketing efforts. Most investors miss the most important concept in wealth management because they are laser focused on returns as the primary benchmark of success. This propensity to chase returns is magnified during periods when markets are shooting the lights out, as investors become acutely aware of how their portfolio is performing relative to whatever index is attracting the most attention at the time. This book emphasizes that more companies that engage in some form of international business are involved in exporting and importing than in any other type of business transaction. Many of the international business experts argue that exporting is a logical process with a natural structure, which can be viewed primarily as a method of understanding the target countrys environment, using the appropriate marketing mix, developing a marketing plan based upon the use of the mix, implementing a plan through a strategy and finally, using a control method to ensure the strategy is adhered to. Over recent years, or even decades, there has been an increasing recognition of line managers responsibility for a wide range of people management activities: employee engagement, performance management, learning and talent management, absence management the list goes on. While HR professionals may set the policies and procedures for these people management activities, they cannot be on the ground delivering every individual appraisal and return to work interview or undertaking the day-to-day engagement of individual employees. It helps us to draw our attention towards this issue. This book helps us to understand the concepts and latest trends in fields of Education System, E Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Monetary and Wealth Management through the medium of research papers which have been presented and areas where significant success has been ac Printed Pages: 512. NA, Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2015, Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2015. Softcover. New. Paradigm changes and innovations have always been an indispensible part of our society’s evolution. While changes are unevenly distributed through time, they are often the drivers of incremental innovations. As new paradigms stimulate the development of new product-market opportunities, they also require new strategies and capabilities. Successful businesses worldwide periodically conduct market research in order to stay tuned to changing market trends and to retain their competitive edge. Whether your business is in a start-up stage or in an expansion phase, market research is vital for understanding the critical characteristics of your target market to increase sales revenue, profit, ROI and overall business success. The importance of market research can be best perceived by understanding the various factors that impact your business. Also it emphasizes on innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of new entrepreneurial economy. In the era of globalization and knowledge economy propelled by the phenomenal growth in IT, a paradigm shift in productivity and economic development and in management thought is clearly discernible. Significant growth has been witnessed in the Electronics and IT sector during 1980s and 1990s. Investment for creation of basic informatics infrastructure with universal access and the consequent creation of employment has been recommended to be realized at the earliest. Today branding is giving rise to complexities of the market, a growing concern is how to truly understand consumers and socio-cultural insights in order to better design the marketing program and maximize contextual advantages. It also explains Socio-cultural insight experts help brands and companies understand complex relationship between their commercial efforts, social and cultural dynamics, which eventually leads to better designing and fine- tuning marketing efforts. Most investors miss the most important concept in wealth management because they are laser focused on returns as the primary benchmark of success. This propensity to chase returns is magnified during periods when markets are shooting the lights out, as investors become acutely aware of how their portfolio is performing relative to whatever index is attracting the most attention at the time. This book emphasizes that more companies that engage in some form of international business are involved in exporting and importing than in any other type of business transaction. Many of the international business experts argue that exporting is a logical process with a natural structure, which can be viewed primarily as a method of understanding the target country’s environment, using the appropriate marketing mix, developing a marketing plan based upon the use of the mix, implementing a plan through a strategy and finally, using a control method to ensure the strategy is adhered to. Over recent years, or even decades, there has been an increasing recognition of line managers’ responsibility for a wide range of people management activities: employee engagement, performance management, learning and talent management, absence management… the list goes on. While HR professionals may set the policies and procedures for these people management activities, they cannot be on the ground delivering every individual appraisal and return to work interview or undertaking the day-to-day engagement of individual employees. It helps us to draw our attention towards this issue. This book helps us to understand the concepts and latest trends in fields of Education System, E Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Monetary and Wealth Management through the medium of research papers which have been presented and areas where significant success has been ac Printed Pages: 512., Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2015, Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2015. Softcover. New. Paradigm changes and innovations have always been an indispensible part of our society’s evolution. While changes are unevenly distributed through time, they are often the drivers of incremental innovations. As new paradigms stimulate the development of new product-market opportunities, they also require new strategies and capabilities. Successful businesses worldwide periodically conduct market research in order to stay tuned to changing market trends and to retain their competitive edge. Whether your business is in a start-up stage or in an expansion phase, market research is vital for understanding the critical characteristics of your target market to increase sales revenue, profit, ROI and overall business success. The importance of market research can be best perceived by understanding the various factors that impact your business. Also it emphasizes on innovation and entrepreneurship as a purposeful and systematic discipline that explains and analyzes the challenges and opportunities of new entrepreneurial economy. In the era of globalization and knowledge economy propelled by the phenomenal growth in IT, a paradigm shift in productivity and economic development and in management thought is clearly discernible. Significant growth has been witnessed in the Electronics and IT sector during 1980s and 1990s. Investment for creation of basic informatics infrastructure with universal access and the consequent creation of employment has been recommended to be realized at the earliest. Today branding is giving rise to complexities of the market, a growing concern is how to truly understand consumers and socio-cultural insights in order to better design the marketing program and maximize contextual advantages. It also explains Socio-cultural insight experts help brands and companies understand complex relationship between their commercial efforts, social and cultural dynamics, which eventually leads to better designing and fine- tuning marketing efforts. Most investors miss the most important concept in wealth management because they are laser focused on returns as the primary benchmark of success. This propensity to chase returns is magnified during periods when markets are shooting the lights out, as investors become acutely aware of how their portfolio is performing relative to whatever index is attracting the most attention at the time. This book emphasizes that more companies that engage in some form of international business are involved in exporting and importing than in any other type of business transaction. Many of the international business experts argue that exporting is a logical process with a natural structure, which can be viewed primarily as a method of understanding the target country’s environment, using the appropriate marketing mix, developing a marketing plan based upon the use of the mix, implementing a plan through a strategy and finally, using a control method to ensure the strategy is adhered to. Over recent years, or even decades, there has been an increasing recognition of line managers’ responsibility for a wide range of people management activities: employee engagement, performance management, learning and talent management, absence management… the list goes on. While HR professionals may set the policies and procedures for these people management activities, they cannot be on the ground delivering every individual appraisal and return to work interview or undertaking the day-to-day engagement of individual employees. It helps us to draw our attention towards this issue. This book helps us to understand the concepts and latest trends in fields of Education System, E Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, International Business, Monetary and Wealth Management through the medium of research papers which have been presented and areas where significant success has been ac Printed Pages: 512., Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2015, London, The Falmer Press, 1984; 0905273974. 1st edition. Softcover. Nr fine condition. 208pp. " This book explores the complex social assumptions and values that underlie research programmes about school." ., London, The Falmer Press, 1984; 0905273974, Primus Books/Ratna Sagar, 2013. Hardcover. New. Bihar and Jharkhand have been the arena of diverse social and political struggles since colonial times. The formation of the state of Jharkhand, which was earlier a part of Bihar and known as Chotanagpur, has been the result of movements for statehood, some of which have not only created a democratic space in these regions, but also brought about a paradigm shift in Indian politics. Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand tries to capture the complexities of some of these diverse movements. Printed Pages: 264., Primus Books/Ratna Sagar, 2013, Primus Books/Ratna Sagar, 2013. Hardcover. New. Bihar and Jharkhand have been the arena of diverse social and political struggles since colonial times. The formation of the state of Jharkhand, which was earlier a part of Bihar and known as Chotanagpur, has been the result of movements for statehood, some of which have not only created a democratic space in these regions, but also brought about a paradigm shift in Indian politics. Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand tries to capture the complexities of some of these diverse movements. Printed Pages: 264. NA, Primus Books/Ratna Sagar, 2013, Primus Books/Ratna Sagar, 2013. Hardcover. New. Bihar and Jharkhand have been the arena of diverse social and political struggles since colonial times. The formation of the state of Jharkhand, which was earlier a part of Bihar and known as Chotanagpur, has been the result of movements for statehood, some of which have not only created a democratic space in these regions, but also brought about a paradigm shift in Indian politics. Colonial and Contemporary Bihar and Jharkhand tries to capture the complexities of some of these diverse movements. Printed Pages: 264., Primus Books/Ratna Sagar, 2013, Daya Publishing House, 1994. Hardcover. New. Geography is not what we have assumed it, we have conceived it and we have perceived it, but it is that what we have not imagined it-it is around us. It is a system in itself.;Because, \`human behaviour becomes rational, when it acts individually, but is becomes rational, when it operates upon in a collective form. \`Therefore, it is very difficult to understand man and his behaviour in a given situation. So it is incredible to argue about the discipline, its past history and the methodological contents. It is a misconceived notion of set boundary and a goal of its own, in a multidimensional facets of the changing world complexes in which we are living.;Geography in its manifestations begins with the land-scape evolution (Physical basis), interacts with the phenomena culminating in human relationships, (Cultural land-scape) of conceptual world of real and abstract, interactions and processes, conditions and relations of multivariate facets of elements. Geographers are thus, drawn to the illusion with perlex mind of geographical images. This perception has drawn geography and geographers both into a state of unending dilemma of academic jargon of puzzles i e. Whether it is founded on systems theory or simply an irrelevant distraction ?;Science provides us very sharp tools. But any craftsman will tell you it is the sharp tool which cane do most damage or harm when misapplied. It is apparently observed that geographers are badly operationalised with their blunted tools.;The present attempt is thus, to discuss all those problems arises due to multidimensional approaches of the past, present analysis and future methodologies, more particularly in the system analogy of systems theory, General Systems and the General Systems Theory, as all these notions have different connotations. How geography as a discipline is fitted well in the analogy of systems theory has been the main concerned to these volumes. Let us explore the possibilities-What Geography is?;The first volume deals with the Systems Theory and Geography, whereas, the second interprets the Possible World of Geographer in Systems Theory.;;Contents;Vol. I;Part I- General Systems & Systems Theory; Chapter 1: General Systems Theory; Chapter 2: General Systems Theory: Specific Features; Chapter 3: General Systems Theory as a Metatheory; Chapter 4: Outline History of the Systems Theory; Chapter 5: The Systems Approach and its Development; Chapter 6: Classification of Systems into Open and Closed-Logic of Methodological Problems; Chapter 7: Systems Theory and Modern Sciences; Chapter 8: The Systems Approach in Social Sciences; Chapter 9: Paradox of Systems Analysis; Chapter 10: Prospects of the Systems Approach; ;Part II- Development of Nature of Geography; Chapter 11: Progress in Geography Through Ages; Chapter 12: German Contribution to Geography; Chapter 13: Geographers of the Second and Third Generation; Chapter 14: Leaders of the Fourth Generation; Chapter 15: French Geographers\` Contribution to Geography; Chapter 16: The Second Generation of French Geographers; Chapter 17: Geography in Indian Context; Chapter 18: Theories, Laws and Models: A Systematic Explanation in Geography;;;Vol. II;Chapter 1: Nature of Geography; Chapter 2: Problem of Paradigm Shift: Conceptual Themes; Chapter 3: Geography and General Systems Theory; Chapter 4: American School and Geographers of the Time; Chapter 5: The Modern Perceptivism; Chapter 6: A Real World (Physical Geography) of Geographer; Chapter 7: Geographic Space Perception; Chapter 8: Environment as Perceived in Geography; Chapter 9: Diffusion Process in Geographic Research and Normative Values; Chapter 10: Welfare Geography of Economics; Chapter 11: In Search of Systematic Geography; Chapter 12: Geography in Systems Theory. Printed Pages: 495., Daya Publishing House, 1994, Hong Kong University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 9789888139439 . Stiff crisp book in crisp dust jacket; about new. ; 10.10 X 7.40 X 1.10 inches; 368 pages; These essays address a diverse range of issues in China's narrative art and visual culture from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to the present. These studies attend to the complex ways in which images circulate in pictorial media and across the boundaries between "high art" and popular culture? Images in paintings, prints, stone engravings, and posters, as well as in film and video art. In addition, the authors examine the role of ancient exemplary stories and textual narratives, as well as their reiteration in the visual arts in early-modern and modern social and political contexts. The volume is divided into three sections: representing paradigms, interpreting literary themes and narratives, and the medium and modernity. While the essays in each section deal with concerns in the field of China's art history, an editors' introduction serves to position the topic of narrative art and introduce definitions and genre issues that run throughout the book. As a whole, the volume invites reflection on the intrinsic nature of narratives and their pictorial lives and presents new research challenging established views and paradigms. ., Hong Kong University Press, 2014, APH Publishing Corporation, 2009. Hardcover. New. Biomedical Waste Management in India brings together the various aspects of waste management, public Health and Environment as they relate to a developing Country like India. As the link between health and Environmental quality is receiving its due attention, the commitment to safeguard the environment from both the Physical and social impacts associated with Biomedical Waste is growing. On one Hand the long term physical environmental impacts like contamination and Pollution of groundwater and Air have drawn attention of the geoscientists and on the other hand the ripples of mishandling Biomedical Waste on the social environment, in the form of the pivotal role of the ragpickers in the entire waste management process, has emerged as the an interesting Study for social scientists. The aim of this book is to highlight the present Scenario of the various phases of Biomedical waste management throughout the country and to integrate environmental parameters into the decision making process adopting Holistic and sustainable strategies to address the crisis revolving around biomedical waste management. To address the Complex task of estimating the quantity of Biomedical waste generated a Waste Audit was conducted in each of the selected government hospitals. The implementation of the Waste Audit, in its true sense, aided not only in the documentation of the quantum of different categories of Biomedical Waste generated but provided answers for the discrepancies witnessed in the waste management practice during primary survey. A structured overview of the entire process from generation of waste till its disposal, not only qualitatively but also quantitatively formed the backbone of this study. This book critically reviews various social, economic and regulatory Policies which address environmental issues, It stresses on the interdisciplinary and interrelated Nature of environment, irrational handling of biomedical waste, its impact on Disease epidemiology, recycling and commercialization of biomedical waste. Since there has been a paradigm shift from curative to preventive medicine, the Foundation has already been laid to encourage Research on such themes, like Hospital waste management. Critical issues, like lack of awareness of the Rules and risks involved during handling hospital waste and unwanted recycling of contagious waste products need to be addressed in order to develop a full proof biomedical waste management system. Instead of providing an end-of-pipe solution a Cradle-to-Grave approach would entail a comprehensive analysis of the management of Biomedical Waste. This would be a formal approach to define and evaluate me total environmental load (physical and social) associated with the generation and disposal of Biomedical Waste from the word start to finish. Printed Pages: 396., APH Publishing Corporation, 2009, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2014. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories. In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns. His findings will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality. Piketty shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to avoid inequalities on the apocalyptic scale predicted by Karl Marx. But we have not modified the deep structures of capital and inequality as much as we thought in the optimistic decades following World War II. The main driver of inequalityÑthe tendency of returns on capital to exceed the rate of economic growthÑtoday threatens to generate extreme inequalities that stir discontent and undermine democratic values. But economic trends are not acts of God. Political action has curbed dangerous inequalities in the past, Piketty says, and may do so again. A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, Capital in the Twenty-First Century reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today. Translated into English from the French by Arthur Goldhammer. Thomas Piketty is Professor at the Paris School of Economics. Arthur Goldhammer received the French-American Translation Prize in 1990 for his translation of A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. "It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most important economics book of the yearÑand maybe of the decade. Piketty, arguably the world's leading expert on income and wealth inequality, does more than document the growing concentration of income in the hands of a small economic elite. He also makes a powerful case that we're on the way back to 'patrimonial capitalism,' in which the commanding heights of the economy are dominated not just by wealth, but also by inherited wealth, in which birth matters more than effort and talent."ÑPaul Krugman, The New York Times "[A] timely, important book."ÑJoseph E. Stiglitz, The New York Times "Piketty's treatment of inequality is perfectly matched to its moment. Like [Paul] Kennedy a generation ago, Piketty has emerged as a rock star of the policy-intellectual worldÉ But make no mistake, his work richly deserves all the attention it is receivingÉ Piketty, in collaboration with others, has spent more than a decade mining huge quantities of data spanning centuries and many countries to document, absolutely conclusively, that the share of income and wealth going to those at the very topÑthe top 1 percent, .1 percent, and .01 percent of the populationÑhas risen sharply over the last generation, marking a return to a pattern that prevailed before World War IÉ Even if none of Piketty's theories stands up, the establishment of this fact has transformed political discourse and is a Nobel Prize-worthy contribution. Piketty provides an elegant framework for making sense of a complex reality. His theorizing is bold and simple and hugely important if correct. In every area of thought, progress comes from simple abstract paradigms that guide later thinking, such as Darwin's idea of evolution, Ricardo's notion of comparative advantage, or Keynes's conception of aggregate demand. Whether or not his idea ultimately proves out, Piketty makes a major contribution by putting forth a theory of natural economic evolution under capitalismÉ Piketty writes in the epic philosophical mode of Keynes, Marx, or Adam SmithÉ By focusing attention on what has happened to a fortunate few among us, and by opening up for debate issues around the long-run functioning of our market system, Capital in the Twenty-First Century has made a profoundly important contribution."ÑLawrence H. Summers, Democracy "An extraordinary sweep of history backed by remarkably detailed data and analysisÉ Piketty's economic analysis and historical proofs are breathtaking."ÑRobert B. Reich, The Guardian "The year's most popular and controversial book."ÑRoland White, The Sunday Times "Piketty has come in for a lot of praise for the clarity of his writing, and I think it's deserved. There's very little math in this book, and it assumes very little prior knowledge of economics. In part, this is because Piketty is offering something fresh in the discourse: an unimaginably massive data-set that traces the ebb and flow of wealth and productivity around the globe for three centuriesÉ Piketty challenges the idea that modernity somehow led to 'merit' asserting itself as the new determinant of wealth. Instead, he makes a very convincing case that the increasing size of the capital classÑwhich expanded comfortably during the period of colonial expansionÑcreated a hunger for wealth that turned the aristocracy on itself in a squabble over who got to loot the colonies, which was World War IÉ This is a crisis. The reason for capitalism is that it is supposed to allocate reward based on 'merit'Ñit is supposed to move capital into the hands of the people who can do the most with itÑand if all our policy decisions are made in service to a class of supermanagers whose wealth comes from squatting on a fortune managed by some green-eyeshade quants who grow it without its owner ever doing a notable thing apart from being born to dynasty, there is no more reason for capitalism. Piketty darkly hints that the last time this happened, the world tore itself to pieces, twice, in an orgy of destruction that left millions dead and whole nations in ruinÉ It's a rare thing to see economists, especially pro-capitalist economists, praising taxation itself, but PikettyÑcareful, unemotional PikettyÑdaresÉ Besides, he says, the thing every red-blooded entrepreneur wants to see is people getting rich by their wits and deeds, not by the birthright of kingsÉ Piketty wants desperately to salvage captalism, even if that means proposing something that every capitalist will hate: a global wealth tax."ÑCory Doctorow, Boing Boing, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London England: 2014, Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2009. Hardcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Building on, yet defying and interrogating the subaltern studies paradigm for the understanding of South Asian history, this book re-examines some of its tacit assumptions and introduces the category of ‘white subalternity’. Harald Fischer-Tine explores, innovatively, the intersection of the various systems of differentiation and hierarchy in British India between 1780 and 1914 that neatly demarcated the rulers from the ruled. In examining the history of white non-elite groups such as European sailors, vagrants, criminals and prostitutes, and elite efforts to either ‘reclaim’ or hide them from the ‘native gaze’, this book challenges received ways of interpreting colonial rule. The study makes a strong case for understanding colonial power relations not in terms of a fixed ‘white-over-black’ contestation but rather as a situational, contextual and dynamic system. It argues that racial identity, including ‘colonial whiteness’ was a fluid category. It faced the constant threat of being undermined in the colony along the lines of class, gender and deviance—a result of complex stratifications within European society. Importantly, the study shows how the discourses and practices of the British ‘civilising mission’ in India bore striking similarity to the project of educating and disciplining the lower classes at home. Drawing on a wealth of archival and published material, travelogues, autobiographies and an exclusive collection of insightful illustrations, this book combines cutting edge theoretical approaches with thorough empirical analyses. Fischer-Tine?’s innovative examining of race and class and his elegant and fluid style combine to make this an exceptional book, especially useful for anyone interested in the social and cultural history of British imperialism and in the history of colonial South Asia as a whole. Printed Pages: 452., Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2009, Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2009. Hardcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Building on, yet defying and interrogating the subaltern studies paradigm for the understanding of South Asian history, this book re-examines some of its tacit assumptions and introduces the category of ‘white subalternity’. Harald Fischer-Tine explores, innovatively, the intersection of the various systems of differentiation and hierarchy in British India between 1780 and 1914 that neatly demarcated the rulers from the ruled. In examining the history of white non-elite groups such as European sailors, vagrants, criminals and prostitutes, and elite efforts to either ‘reclaim’ or hide them from the ‘native gaze’, this book challenges received ways of interpreting colonial rule. The study makes a strong case for understanding colonial power relations not in terms of a fixed ‘white-over-black’ contestation but rather as a situational, contextual and dynamic system. It argues that racial identity, including ‘colonial whiteness’ was a fluid category. It faced the constant threat of being undermined in the colony along the lines of class, gender and deviance—a result of complex stratifications within European society. Importantly, the study shows how the discourses and practices of the British ‘civilising mission’ in India bore striking similarity to the project of educating and disciplining the lower classes at home. Drawing on a wealth of archival and published material, travelogues, autobiographies and an exclusive collection of insightful illustrations, this book combines cutting edge theoretical approaches with thorough empirical analyses. Fischer-Tine?’s innovative examining of race and class and his elegant and fluid style combine to make this an exceptional book, especially useful for anyone interested in the social and cultural history of British imperialism and in the history of colonial South Asia as a whole. Printed Pages: 452., Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2009, Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2009. Hardcover. New. 14 x 21 cm. Building on, yet defying and interrogating the subaltern studies paradigm for the understanding of South Asian history, this book re-examines some of its tacit assumptions and introduces the category of white subalternity. Harald Fischer-Tine explores, innovatively, the intersection of the various systems of differentiation and hierarchy in British India between 1780 and 1914 that neatly demarcated the rulers from the ruled. In examining the history of white non-elite groups such as European sailors, vagrants, criminals and prostitutes, and elite efforts to either reclaim or hide them from the native gaze, this book challenges received ways of interpreting colonial rule. The study makes a strong case for understanding colonial power relations not in terms of a fixed white-over-black contestation but rather as a situational, contextual and dynamic system. It argues that racial identity, including colonial whiteness was a fluid category. It faced the constant threat of being undermined in the colony along the lines of class, gender and deviancea result of complex stratifications within European society. Importantly, the study shows how the discourses and practices of the British civilising mission in India bore striking similarity to the project of educating and disciplining the lower classes at home. Drawing on a wealth of archival and published material, travelogues, autobiographies and an exclusive collection of insightful illustrations, this book combines cutting edge theoretical approaches with thorough empirical analyses. Fischer-Tine?s innovative examining of race and class and his elegant and fluid style combine to make this an exceptional book, especially useful for anyone interested in the social and cultural history of British imperialism and in the history of colonial South Asia as a whole. Printed Pages: 452. NA, Orient BlackSwan Pvt. Ltd, 2009, New Century Publications, 2014. Hardcover. New. Globalization is understood, theorised and defined in diverse ways. For the mainstream theorists of the west, globalization marked the triumph of capitalism and a market economy. For the critiques of this argument, globalization facilitated a worldwide expansion of capital by breaking the legal-political barriers put up by the nation states. For some it ensued the universalisation of consumerism through transnational ruling elites. For network society theorists, the engine of globalization is the ever-expanding information and communication revolution. Governance being essentially ambiguous connotes different things to different people. The governance paradigm, that appeared in the early 1990s is not exclusively a market-based one but a mélange of experimentations like new public management, regulatory governance, network governance, participatory governance, good governance, multi-level governance and global governance. The relationship between state and governance is very complex in modern times. As a political institution—with monopoly over the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory—the power of state was unique and unchallenged for long. The state in the neo-liberal times has been hollowed out on account of its shrinking leverage. The present volume contains 16 well-researched scholarly essays which provide deep insights into the emerging political order in the world. CONTENTS 1. Globalisation and the State in India Neera Chandhoke 2. India and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) States A.K. Pasha 3. Quest for a Land of Their ‘Own’ in Kashmir: The Autonomy Argument Ashutosh Kumar 4. Globalization, Democratic Decentralization and Inclusive Growth S.N. Sangita 5. Right to Information: A Paid Right in Neo-liberal Politics Biju B.L. 6. Globalization to Global Governance B. Ramesh Babu 7. Civil Society and Public Policy V. Anil Kumar 8. Globalization and Swadeshi D. Jeevan Kumar 9. Globalisation and Islamic Fundamentalism K.M. Sajad Ibrahim 10. Human Trafficking and Human Security M.J. Vinod 11. Conflict and Resistance under Globalization Mohanan B. Pillai and P.M. Joshy 12. Bridging the Digital Divide and Right to Development Josukutty C.A. 13. Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis G.D.R.U.U. Abeyrathne and S.Y. Surendra Kumar 14. Technology and Public Governance Ashalekshmi B.S. 15. Governance and Social Empowerment Devi Parvathy 16. Indo-Myanmar Relations: Assessing the China Factor Veena R. Index Printed Pages: 346., New Century Publications, 2014, New Century Publications, 2014. Hardcover. New. Globalization is understood, theorised and defined in diverse ways. For the mainstream theorists of the west, globalization marked the triumph of capitalism and a market economy. For the critiques of this argument, globalization facilitated a worldwide expansion of capital by breaking the legal-political barriers put up by the nation states. For some it ensued the universalisation of consumerism through transnational ruling elites. For network society theorists, the engine of globalization is the ever-expanding information and communication revolution. Governance being essentially ambiguous connotes different things to different people. The governance paradigm, that appeared in the early 1990s is not exclusively a market-based one but a mélange of experimentations like new public management, regulatory governance, network governance, participatory governance, good governance, multi-level governance and global governance. The relationship between state and governance is very complex in modern times. As a political institutionwith monopoly over the legitimate use of physical force within a given territorythe power of state was unique and unchallenged for long. The state in the neo-liberal times has been hollowed out on account of its shrinking leverage. The present volume contains 16 well-researched scholarly essays which provide deep insights into the emerging political order in the world. CONTENTS 1. Globalisation and the State in India Neera Chandhoke 2. India and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) States A.K. Pasha 3. Quest for a Land of Their Own in Kashmir: The Autonomy Argument Ashutosh Kumar 4. Globalization, Democratic Decentralization and Inclusive Growth S.N. Sangita 5. Right to Information: A Paid Right in Neo-liberal Politics Biju B.L. 6. Globalization to Global Governance B. Ramesh Babu 7. Civil Society and Public Policy V. Anil Kumar 8. Globalization and Swadeshi D. Jeevan Kumar 9. Globalisation and Islamic Fundamentalism K.M. Sajad Ibrahim 10. Human Trafficking and Human Security M.J. Vinod 11. Conflict and Resistance under Globalization Mohanan B. Pillai and P.M. Joshy 12. Bridging the Digital Divide and Right to Development Josukutty C.A. 13. Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis G.D.R.U.U. Abeyrathne and S.Y. Surendra Kumar 14. Technology and Public Governance Ashalekshmi B.S. 15. Governance and Social Empowerment Devi Parvathy 16. Indo-Myanmar Relations: Assessing the China Factor Veena R. Index Printed Pages: 346. NA, New Century Publications, 2014, New Century Publications, 2014. Hardcover. New. Globalization is understood, theorised and defined in diverse ways. For the mainstream theorists of the west, globalization marked the triumph of capitalism and a market economy. For the critiques of this argument, globalization facilitated a worldwide expansion of capital by breaking the legal-political barriers put up by the nation states. For some it ensued the universalisation of consumerism through transnational ruling elites. For network society theorists, the engine of globalization is the ever-expanding information and communication revolution. Governance being essentially ambiguous connotes different things to different people. The governance paradigm, that appeared in the early 1990s is not exclusively a market-based one but a mélange of experimentations like new public management, regulatory governance, network governance, participatory governance, good governance, multi-level governance and global governance. The relationship between state and governance is very complex in modern times. As a political institution—with monopoly over the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory—the power of state was unique and unchallenged for long. The state in the neo-liberal times has been hollowed out on account of its shrinking leverage. The present volume contains 16 well-researched scholarly essays which provide deep insights into the emerging political order in the world. CONTENTS 1. Globalisation and the State in India Neera Chandhoke 2. India and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) States A.K. Pasha 3. Quest for a Land of Their ‘Own’ in Kashmir: The Autonomy Argument Ashutosh Kumar 4. Globalization, Democratic Decentralization and Inclusive Growth S.N. Sangita 5. Right to Information: A Paid Right in Neo-liberal Politics Biju B.L. 6. Globalization to Global Governance B. Ramesh Babu 7. Civil Society and Public Policy V. Anil Kumar 8. Globalization and Swadeshi D. Jeevan Kumar 9. Globalisation and Islamic Fundamentalism K.M. Sajad Ibrahim 10. Human Trafficking and Human Security M.J. Vinod 11. Conflict and Resistance under Globalization Mohanan B. Pillai and P.M. Joshy 12. Bridging the Digital Divide and Right to Development Josukutty C.A. 13. Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis G.D.R.U.U. Abeyrathne and S.Y. Surendra Kumar 14. Technology and Public Governance Ashalekshmi B.S. 15. Governance and Social Empowerment Devi Parvathy 16. Indo-Myanmar Relations: Assessing the China Factor Veena R. Index Printed Pages: 346., New Century Publications, 2014, Singapore.: ISEAS.. 2011.. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, x + 371 pages, index, bibliography, appendices, paperback. This book is a macro-study of Indian business communities in Singapore through different phases of their growth since colonial times. It goes beyond the conventional labour-history approach to study Indian immigrants to Southeast Asia, both in terms of themselves and their connections with the peoples' movements. It looks at how Indian business communities negotiated with others in the environments in which they found themselves and adapted to them in novel ways. It especially brings into focus the patterns and integration of the Indian networks in the large-scale transnational flows of capital, one of the least-studied aspects of the diaspora history in this part of the world. The complexities and overlapping interests of different groups of traders and businessmen form an interesting study of various aspects of these trading bodies, their methods of operation and their trade links, both within and outside Singapore. The book also charts their mobility and progress, in terms of both business and social status. The research aims to construct linear threads of linkages through generations and situate them in the larger framework and broader paradigms of business networks in Singapore. In shedding light on aspects of Indian connectivities to Southeast Asia, the narrative is particularly relevant in the context of India's economic rise. This study raises economic, social and cultural issues regarding the transition. ., ISEAS., 2011., U.S.A.: Routledge. Hardcover. 1594515360 Good condition. Teaching What They Learn, Learning What They Live: How Teachers' Personal Histories Shape Their Professional Development (Hardcover) By Olsen, Brad Review Reads like a fast-paced novel revealing layers of complexity Brad Olsen's intelligent book takes on the growth and development of beginning teachers, focusing on a broader view of what counts as teacher knowledge His analysis is grounded in two years of investigation providing us with a cogent, interesting and provocative explanation of the significant questions that he poses. His book enriches us all about the work that needs to be accomplished to improve teaching, teacher education, and, ultimately, our schools. from the foreword by Ann Lieberman Product Description Teaching What They Learn, Learning What They Live explores the multiple social, political, and epistemological domains that comprise learning-to-teach. Based on a study of eight beginning English teachers at four different university teacher preparation programs, this book examines how beginning teachers personal dispositions and conceptions combine with their preparation programs professional knowledge and contexts to form their subsequent understandings of, and approaches toward, teaching. Brad Olsen recasts teacher learning as a continuous, situated, identity process in which prior experiences produce deeply embedded ways of viewing the world that go on to organize current/future experience into meaning. Since experience shapes learning and everyone acquires different sets of experience, no individual teacher s knowledge is exactly like another s. Yet Olsen also shows that the process by which teachers construct professional knowledge is common: the what of teacher knowledge varies, but the how remains the same. Product Details Hardcover: 208 pages Publisher: Paradigm Publishers (March 31, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1594515360 ISBN-13: Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches . Good. 2008., Routledge, 2008<