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Corruption |
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Corruption:
India's enemy within / Srivastava, C.P.--Delhi: Macmillan,
2005 |
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The
book focuses mainly on the problem of corruption and attempts
to explain why our country gripped in its vicious
stranglehold. It attempts to assess the extent of damage
caused already and warns of dangers in the future if this evil
is not checked. This book thus claims that the correction
process must therefore begin at the topmost political and
administrative levels. It has suggested a detailed plan of
action towards this end. Besides it has proposed some steps
for the promotion of ethical standards in society as well as
in the business community. |
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Economics |
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Economic
development & environmental sustainability: new policy
options / Lopez, Ramon, ed. --Oxford: Oxford University, 2006
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This
book provides new insights on the common roots of economic
stagnation, poverty and environmental degradation which,
unfortunately, generally reside in misguided government
policies and priorities. It shows that a major omission of the
conventional views is that governments tend to allocate
government expenditures in a biased way favouring subsidies to
the economic elites to the detriment of investments in public
goods, including human good, including human capitals,
R&D, as well as the development of institutions
(environmental and otherwise), which are vital for long run
growth, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. |
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Globalization
and the environment / Jorgenson, Andrew, ed. --Leiden: Brill,
2006 |
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The articles in
this volume examine how the world-economy and related
non-economic forms of global structuring impact the natural
environment and the living conditions of human populations
living across the globe. |
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Governing
the modern corporation: capital markets, corporate control,
and economic performance / Smith, C. --Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2006 |
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The
book analyzes the structure of market capitalism and what went
wrong during one of the must turbulent times in American and
indeed global finance. The authors report on the evolving role
and function of the business corporation, the duties of its
officers and directors, and the power of chief executive
officers who are inventivized to manage the company to achieve
as favourable a stock price as possible. |
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China
shakes the world: the rise of a hungry nation / Kynge, James.
London: Phoenix, 2007 |
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A
splendid introduction to what is happening in, and to, China
today. The author brings to the subject is a real passion
fuelled by his years living there, which has also given him a
depth and sophistication. Through direct observation and
interviews, the author captures the awesome global phenomenon
that is modern China. |
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Environmental
Management |
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Environmental
planning and management / Madu, Christian N.
London: Imperial College Press, 2007
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The
focus of this book is on environmental planning and
management. This book identifies good environmental practices,
lay down effective strategies and practical models. It focuses
on designing for the environment. This is based on the notion
that by adopting preventive methods, external failure costs
can be minimized. This book is intended as an introduction to
corporate environmental management and is suitable for basic
courses in the subject. |
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History |
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| The
Hindu Muslim divide: a fresh look / Amrik Singh.--New Delhi:
Vitasta, 2007 |
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This
book is addressed to the general readers across the country.
The partition of India in 1947 was supposed to be a panacea
for the Hindu-Muslim divide which had engulfed India for the
preceding 1, 000 years. The issue was not territorial dispute
but assimilation. One belief system, new and aggressive,
wanted to establish hegemony over the other and this led to
confrontation. The partition also put a question mark on the
loyalty of those Muslims who chose to stay in India. The
physical division of India created an emotional turmoil in
both the communities.
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Human
Behavior |
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| The
Everything Etiquette Book. / Ingam, Leah. --Avon : Adams
Media, 2005 |
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The
book is all inclusive guide to dealing with daily difficulties
and is packed with fresh advice to polish social savvy and
ease us through some of life's more awkward moments! |
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International
Relations |
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| India
- from regional to world power / Kapur, Ashok.--London:
Routledge, 2006
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This
book examines the rise of India to the status of a world power
capable of dealing with the full spectrum of international and
regional issues in a critical part of the world. It traces the
evolution of Indian diplomacy in the hands of key Indian
practitioners, comparing Nehru, the founder of Indian
diplomacy, with his successors, the Nehruvians, up to 1998
and, finally Vajpayee, the leader of BJP (1998-2004). Overall,
this book provides a meticulous account of many steps post-Nehruvian
India has taken to make it a rising world influence and a
mature, independent power. |
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| Empire
in the age of globalisation: US hegemony and neoliberal
disorder / Kiely, Ray. Orient Longman, 2007
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The
purpose of this book is to examine the relationship between US
hegemony, contemporary imperialism and globalization.
Specifically, it examines the claims that the more belligerent
foreign policy of the US state since the terrorist attacks in
September 2001. |
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Literature
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| Rebellion
1857 / Joshi, P C, ed. --New Delhi: National Book Trust, 2007
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Popularly
known as the first Indian war of Independence, the Rebellion
of 1857 was a significant moment in the political history of
modern India. Despite the broad consensus of opinion about the
national character of the movement, yet this uprising still
remains mired in controversies. Through extensive references
to first hand accounts and other historical documents, the
essays in this volume while bringing together varied
scholarship, analyse the nature, causes, it impact on the
national literature of India as well as the interest it
generated abroad.
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| The
reluctant fundamentalist / Mashin Hamid. --Viking: Penguin,
2007
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The
book is a riveting and devastating exploration of our divided
and yet ultimately indivisible world, with echoes of
Fitzgerald and Camus.
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| Management |
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| The
Halo effect: and the eight other business delusions that
deceive managers / Rosenzweig, Phil. --New York: Free Press,
2007 |
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This
book is about business and management, success and failure,
science and storytelling. It's written for managers think for
themselves, rather than listen to the parade of management
experts and consultants and celebrity CEOs each claiming to
have the next new thing. Think of it as a guide
for the reflective manager, a way to separate the nuggets from
the nonsense. |
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| Psychology |
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| Nature
via nurture: genes, experience and what makes us human /
Ridley, Matt. --London: Harper Perennial, 2004
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The
book sums up in a nutshell one of the most contentious debates
in science: Are people's qualities determined by their genes
(nature) or by their environment (nurture)? The debate has
only grown louder since the human genome has been found to
comprise only 30,000 genes. Some scientists claim that we
don't have enough genes to account for all the existing human
variations.
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| Strengths
Finder 2.0 / Rath, Tom. --New York: Gallup Press, 2007
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The
book helps people uncover their talents. The book ignited a
global conversation, while helped millions discover their top
five talents.
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| Religion |
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| Changing
Gods / Heredia, Rudolf C. --New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2007
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The
author shows how mass conversions have alienated people from
their past traditions and lived beliefs. Challenging the
traditional orthodoxies which promote or oppose religious
conversions, the author sees no religious merit in political
posturing or conversion for socio-economic gain. Instead, to
defuse tensions, he advocates rethinking religious conversion
in India with a determined religious disarmament, discarding
aggression. |
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| Social
Sciences |
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| Technology
at the core: science and technology with Indira Gandhi /
Parthasarathi, Ashok. --New Delhi: Pearson Education, 2007
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The
book covers the second wave of scientific development in
India, starting in the late 1960s with an emphasis on
indigenous development of science and technology (S&T),
was an era of unprecedented design and application of
technology in India. This book details how S&T policies
and institutions were designed, talks of the people and who
made them possible, analyses the potential of S&T
institutions in enabling economic and social well-being and
business development, and discusses the roles played by Indira
Gandhi, the Prime Minister's office, and the political
leadership in building a massive and diversified
superstructure of technological capability and capacity.
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| The
Indians: portrait of a people / Kakkar, Sudhir.--Viking:
Penguin, 2007
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The
book is about Indian identity. It is about 'Indian-ness', the
cultural part of the mind that informs the activities and
concerns of the daily life of a vast number of Indians as it
guides them through the journey of life. |
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| Water
Supply |
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| Water
crisis: myth or reality?: Marcelino Botin water
forum 2004 / Peter P Rogers, ed. London: Taylor and Francis,
2006
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The
book has a multidisciplinary point of view and while
recognizing that there are serious global water problems, it
dispels many of the myths that this is truly a global crisis
with the need for immediate large-scale action. The authors
present a discussion of where and when severe regional and
local water problems occur and make suggestions on how they
may be dealt with in a deliberate non-crisis manner. Important
in these suggestions are both hard technical and soft
socio-political solutions. |
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Water management for large
cities / Tortajada, Cecilia. --London: Routledge, 2006
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The
case studies analyzed include some of the most interesting and
challenging mega cities of this planet, Dhaka, Istanbul,
Jakarta, Johannesburg, Mexico City and Sao Paulo. They assess
different aspects of how water is intermingled in the overall
development milieu. The book considers the magnitudes, nature
and extent of the present and future challenges and how these
could be met in socially acceptable and cost-effective
ways.
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