Society and Development in China and India
Contents: Acknowledgements. Introduction. I. Society and history: 1. Society and culture in China/Chi-hsien Tuan. 2. Society and culture in India/Kuttan Mahadevan. 3. China\'s recent history : 1949-89/Dong Hubi. 4. India\'s recent history: 1947-90/G.P. Ramachandra. II. Infrastructure and ecology: 5. China\'s development of transportation and proposals for its improvement/Xu Yi, Jingyuan Yu and Yuan Jianhua. 6. Infrastructural facilities in India/K. Ramachandran Nair. 7. Environmental problems and protection in China/Zou Ping and Zhao Xiaohua. 8. Ecological profile, problems and protection in India/M.S.R. Murthy, Anil Kumar Koshy and R. Jayasree. III. Social development: 9. Education and development in China/Zou Ping and Zhao Xiahua. 10. Education and development in India/C.B. Padmanabhan. 11. Women and development in China/Chi-hsien Tuan. 12. Women and development in India/R. Jayasree, M. Sumangala and Kuttan Mahadevan. 13. Health conditions in China: policies and practices/Zou Ping and Chi-hsien Tuan. 14. Development of health systems in India : 1950-90/P. Rajaram and K.K. Sayi Prasad. IV. Economic development: 15. Agricultural development in China/Wei Jinsheng. 16. Agricultural development in India/M. Sumangala and B.S. Nagarajan. 17. Industrial development in China/Wei Jinsheng. 18. Industrial development in India/H. Srikanth. 19. Labour force and employment in China/Yang Zihui and Zhao Xiaohua. 20. Economic activity, occupational and industrial distribution of workers in India/D. Radha Devi and K.S. James. V. Two premier Chinese and Indian social scientists: 21. A premier Chinese social scientists: Prof. Fei Xiao Tong/Kuttan Mahadevan, Chi-hsien Tuan and Jingyuan Yu. 22. A premier Indian economist: Prof. K.N. Raj/M. Sumangala and G.P. Ramachandra. Index.
"The book is the first academic venture of its kind between the two giants of Asia, Viz., China and India, dealing with the hitherto neglected comparative study. These countries have ancient history, composite culture, diverse ecological scenario and socio-economic development. Therefore, very rightly this book has been organised in a holistic perspective on development.
The book is divided into four parts and they together contain 20 papers contributed by eminent scholars from China and India. The papers under part one discuss recent history and panorama of culture and society. The second part of the book appropriately highlights complex issues of infrastructure and ecological perspectives, which form the essential primary requirement of development. The third part rightly focuses on the hitherto neglected dimensions of development in developing countries viz., human resource development, health and gender issues. At the end several chapters have been devoted to economic development like industry, agriculture, labour force and so on.
Taken together, the papers presented in this volume provide a comprehensive coverage of differential dimensions of development under two diverse systems of political ideology and complex societal scenario. It will, therefore, help to bridge the existing gap of knowledge and understanding between the people of two great countries of Asia. Indeed it will be equally valuable to all those who are consigned with holistic perspectives on development. With its broad canvas, the comprehensive coverage of diverse dimensions of development presented here meet the requirement of economists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, political scientists, behavioural scientists, policy makers and managers of most welfare cum development programmes all over the world." (jacket)
