Indian Agriculture
Population explosions have always pushed India into deep-rooted socio-economic bottlenecks. Nookathoti highlights the causes of and solutions to the prevalence of hunger at the grassroots level, analysing the supply-side background behind the accomplishment of food security.
The contributions here inform continuing debates concerning the role of ICT in developing communities on the wrong side of all technical and social divides in human societies.
Sustainable Alternatives for Poverty Reduction and Eco-Justice
This book presents papers on sustainable alternatives for poverty reduction and ecological justice. Covering themes of climate change, green economy, and human rights, it offers a new perspective on the diversity of approaches to sustainable development.
Bridges between Cultures
Centred on the metaphor of bridges and knots, the essays here discuss the dialogic and dialectical relationships between distant and socially dissimilar cultures. They address possible juxtapositions and intersections of spatial and temporal dimensions between lands and cultures.
The papers in this collection deal with the quest for real and virtual realities of vision and other senses, and realities that are either constructed or imagined. They investigate semiotics, a discipline dealing with signs, focusing on the question of whether it actually exists.
Development as Service
This account of Global South wellbeing perspectives like Ubuntu and Buen Vivir sheds new light on sustainable development. It critiques the logic of linear growth and individualism, proposing a new path: Development as Service, centered on reciprocity and culture.
Becoming Something Else
This edited collection examines the trends, perspectives and changes witnessed in the previously undocumented communities of India’s northeast, emphasising the continuity and transformations of these societies.
Discourses in Traffic
As China became a nation of drivers, it encountered immense traffic-related problems. This book zeroes in on the authentic discourses in Chinese traffic, demonstrating the interaction between signs and new drivers in Guangzhou to reveal the country’s shift to modern traffic.
This Deep Pierian Spring
This reflective account of a human quest is the last volume in a trilogy which probes into philosophical themes in a narrative way, exploring the ways in which fundamental questions about life arise in various contexts.
Meaning and λόγος
This volume brings together approaches from across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences to explore the theme of “meaning and λόγος.” Topics range from Urartian archaeology and Roman sculpture to Peppa Pig, brain imaging, heavy metal, and Belfast murals.
Civilian Conflict Management
This book explores scenario building as a tool to prevent electoral violence. By tackling the structural roots of conflict, it offers a coherent strategy for achieving sustainable peace, appealing to practitioners in peacebuilding, governance, and elections.
Health Sector Reforms in Orissa
This book proposes a new framework for analysing health sector reforms. As private participation in health care increases, states must regulate the private sector to ensure universal access to quality health care and protect democratic values.
Negotiating Privately for an Effective Role in Public Space
A 1992 quota thrust rural Indian women into politics. This book reveals how they negotiated their new roles, converting the strong patriarchal set-up into a support system and achieving social and economic empowerment.
Spaces of Knowledge
Medieval thought is more than its intellectual elite. This volume explores its extraordinary wealth and variety, from major philosophical works to technical treatises involving all social strata. It offers a new approach to the knowledge of an era.
Mobile Participation
This collection of proceedings from the fourth conference on “Mobile Communications for Development” provides empirical evidence and analysis of the opportunities and limitations of mobile technologies’ contributions to development in areas ranging from literacy to governance.
Syllable Structure of Bangla
This study analyzes the structure of Bangla syllables in terms of phonology and morphology. It examines consonant clusters and verbal inflections using the frameworks of Optimality Theory and Distributed Morphology to understand the language’s unique structure.
Science, Democracy and Relativism
This book argues that scientific knowledge is relative, produced by consensus. This is good for democracy, as it views knowledge as a matter of deliberation, not discovery. For democracy to flourish, the public must co-author, co-produce and co-own science.
Social Sector in India
This volume explores India’s education and health sectors. Despite considerable progress, glaring failures and wide disparities persist. Eminent Indian scholars examine key social issues, from healthcare disparity to universal education and child labour.
This book uses Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness to question the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. It contrasts the logic of linear growth with the Buddhist approach of “Respect all Sentient Beings”—a model centered on community, compassion, and inner peace for all life.
Researching the Stereotypes of People Around Me
This textbook guides international students with little prior experience through writing a research thesis on stereotypes. It uses a hands-on project to develop essential skills in qualitative research, critical analysis, and thesis structuring.