Social and Human Well-Being : Selected Perspectives
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Backwardness of Dalits. 3. Better deal for scheduled tribes. 4. Socio-economic backwardness of backward castes minorities. 5. Well being of disabled and elderly. 6. Better deal for children and youth. 7. Empowerment of women for social development. 8. Rural poverty and livelihood. 9. Challenges of provision of urban facilities in rural areas. 10. Challenges of social and human development in urban areas. 11. Literacy and elementary education for all : towards improving gender and social equality. 12. Challenges of health and family welfare for all. 13. Problem of malnutrition in India. 14. Basic public health facilities for all : a challenge to social development. 15. Communalism, extremism and terrorism : meance to social and human well-being. 16. Challenges of peoples participation in socio-human development. 17. Soaring population inhibits social and human development. 18. Natural disasters : threat to human and social development. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
"Accomplishment of higher economic growth rate amidst poverty, illiteracy, ill-health and similar other socio-human problems may be the pursuit of a computable number of elites and erudites but has little meaning to a vast majority of common people who are struggling from the dawn to the dusk for a sustainable livelihood. Economic growth parted from social and economic equality and justice and bereft of equal opportunity would be confined to the academic interest only. The benefits of development must reach to the poorest of the poor irrespective of caste, religion and ethnicity; must be shared and not to be concentrated in the hands of a few elites, skilled human being and creamy layer of the stratified society. Further, true development must pay attention to the well-being of the disadvantaged and adversely affected such as disabled, elderly, displaced and disaster ravaged and better deal for children, women and youth. Moreover, it must effectively tackle the growth of population, casteism, communalism and terrorism and take adequate measures for the eradication of poverty, illiteracy, ill-health, insanitation and other social and human problems from its landscape.
No doubt, since independence, India has been made substantial progress in all fronts, but still she has to walk a mile in order to achieve the goals of "Total development: economic, social and human" and "Social and human well-being for all". The challenges are more challenging in social and human sector. The present book deliberates challenges of social development and human well-being." (jacket)
