Social Sciences and Education

This book documents the history of cotton, its patterns of cultivation, the expanding use of hybrid varieties, and their consequences on the increa...

The demonetisation of November 2016 will go down in history as one of the most intensely debated economic policy interventions of the Indian state....

This work seeks to determine the roles played by the paramount judiciary in the Indian polity between 1937 and 1964. The discussion starts with an ...

The War of Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 reopened the barely healed wounds of the Partition of 1947. A third nation was carved out leaving in it...

Having survived a tumultuous period in its political history, the island state of Sri Lanka has one of the longest and most active traditions of po...

Unpaid work, across the world, is an area that has generally been neglected by economists as well as development actors. Yet the amount of unpaid w...

In the early phase of imperial domination, hill stations such as Simla, Darjeeling, Ootacamund, and Mount Abu were developed by the British to refl...

The book explores the interaction of political parties, bureaucracy, media, judiciary, and civil society groups in shaping policy in contemporary I...

This book presents the history of the Jaina rules of inviting death, descriptive accounts of Puranic and historical personalities who embraced it, ...

Pursuing Death widens the canvas of enquiry on the Jaina practices of voluntary termination of life, identified with terms such as Santāra, Sallekh...

Reliable and up-to-date statistics are crucial for planning the economic advancement of a nation. This book presents a comprehensive assessment of ...

This Handbook presents the first comprehensive study of policy analytical practices in comparative perspective. It explores emerging developments ...

Orwell was wrong. Sports are not "war without the shooting", nor are they "war by other means." To be sure sports have generated animosity througho...

This book documents the history of education policymaking in India from 1947 to 2016. It provides a nuanced understanding of policy developments fr...

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The Oxford Handbook of Mutuals and Co-Owned Business investigates all types of 'member owned' organizations, whether consumer co-operatives, agricu...

Charting a renewed course for Africa, this work looks at the immediate challenges resulting from the global changes and the priority medium-term po...

As a field of rich theoretical development and practical application, political communication has expanded over the past fifty years. Since its dev...

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Public administration ensures the development and delivery of the essential public services required for sustaining modern civilization. Covering a...

This book offers a comprehensive commentary on the many facets of environmental politics of the present times. Looking towards the future, it quest...

This Very Short Introduction describes the key threads in the history of Sikhism, from the late 15th century to the present day. It examines the de...

Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is p...

Measurement is a fundamental concept that underpins almost every aspect of the modern world. It is central to the sciences, social sciences, medici...

Up to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focused on stimuli and responses, and regarded consideration of w...

In this Very Short Introduction Richard Crisp tells the story of social psychology, its history, concepts, and major theories. From attitudes to at...

The word 'capitalism' is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? This Very Short Int...

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presenc...

What are the contours of the field of public policy? How has it evolved? What broad questions does it grapple with? How do policymaking, implementa...

Generation of decent livelihood opportunities ought to be among the most important objectives on any meaningful agenda of economic development. On ...

Master the art of communication to improve outcomes in any scenario Simply Said is the essential handbook for business communication. Do you ever f...

Succinct, yet comprehensive, this practical book considers the purpose of technology and the support it can provide rather than a student’s disabil...

This widely used practitioner resource and training tool is the definitive work on understanding and treating personality disorders from a cognitiv...

While Buddhists all over the world were celebrating 2,500 years of Gautama Buddha’s passing in 1956, Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was called then) was sowi...

Based on a decade of research and theory, Substance Use Disorders and Addictions examines co-occurring psychiatric disorders as the norm with subst...

Patricia Miller's acclaimed text offers an ideal way to help students understand and distinguish the major theoretical schools of child development...

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A front-line industry insider's look at the financial technology explosion The FINTECH Book is your primary guide to the financial technology revol...

An Introduction to Child Development, Third Editionprovides undergraduate students in psychology and other disciplines with a comprehensive survey ...

Based on original material gathered by the author, the book gives an account of various developments associated with the shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh...

Millions in India have long been obsessed with the vicissitudes of the Nehru–Gandhi family’s fate. Inextricably linked to the ups and downs of thei...

The essays included in this volume highlight the importance of comparative studies within the field of environmental history. The contributors addr...

Is primitivism a consequence of the natural evolution of some human societies? Or is it a conscious choice by such societies to evade state power? ...

Hope and Despair: Mutiny, Rebellion and Death in India recounts the story of the thousands of Indians–sailors and forgotten working class individua...

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An integrated, strategic approach to higher-value analytics Leaders and Innovators: How Data-Driven Organizations Are Winning with Analytics shows...