{"product_id":"reading-india-selections-from-economic-and-political-weekly-volume-ii-1966-1991-9789352877492","title":"Reading India: Selections from Economic and Political Weekly, Volume II (1966-1991)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gurpreet Mahajan, Surinder S. Jodhka and Ila Patnaik (Eds.)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1966, when \u003cem\u003eEconomic Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e formally expanded its mission and became the \u003cem\u003eEconomic and Political Weekly, \u003c\/em\u003eit has been a significant space for critical, constructive and innovative thinking on political, social and economic issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading India, Vol. II\u003c\/em\u003e, the second of the three volumes commemorating 50 years of the \u003cem\u003eEPW\u003c\/em\u003e, brings together a selection of articles from 1966-1991. Divided into three fields of inquiry—the political, social and economic—it presents an analysis of the issues and concerns that dominated this period, and in some ways, shaped the discourse of the following decades.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first section, dealing with politics, focuses on two concerns of this period - democracy and equality. The essays examine issues related to: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003epolitical representation, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eelectoral processes, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epolicies of reservation, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003einter-caste and inter-religious conflict, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003estatus of women, and \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emeasurement of poverty.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second section takes up the concerns highlighted by sociologists and social anthropologists: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe changing Indian family, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003erural leadership patterns, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eeconomic and social changes taking place in India’s rural economy, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eaffirmative action and the marginalisation of religious minorities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe final section showcases trends in economic thinking during this period, which questioned the economic policies of the era and shaped the direction and nature of the post-1991 reforms. Together, this collection presents analysis, research and debates that are relevant even today for understanding India.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45616502603927,"sku":"9789352877492","price":1043.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789352877492.webp?v=1769294958","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reading-india-selections-from-economic-and-political-weekly-volume-ii-1966-1991-9789352877492","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}