New Arrivals on Display : 31st January,  2009

Biography

The authors explore the role of money, political party, ethnicity, religion, and the issues facing our society today. Obama's straightforward policy recommendations, message of hope and inclusion, and charismatic style propelled him to the national spotlight. Obama has the potential to shape America and to reshape U.S. politics as he campaigns for the White House. The authors analyse Obama's ability to speak to the concerns of multiple constituencies by appealing to a coalition of voters that transcends race, class, and gender. As his presidential run has demonstrated, Obama gives new meaning to American dream.

The story of author is the story of India's nationalist press and the historic role it played before today's apolitical corporate pop-press took over. The career of author highlights the importance of professionalism, scholarship, and basic values. There are lessons here that override present-day commercialization, for neither commodification nor the internet can invalidate journalism's basic values.

 

The essays offered here were written between 1970 and 2005. The essay deal with Ray as a filmmaker. The date on which each essay was written is indicated as it situates each in the cultural context in which it was conceived. The discussion of Jana Aranya is the only essay that was written for this book to illuminate the evolution that took place from the first to the last film of Satyajit Ray.

Cartoons

This anthology of cartoons by authors, which have appeared as a bi-weekly series in The Times of India, takes a comical and cogent look at the topical and timeless: from global warming to SEZs, from scams to sting operations, from cricket stars to communist czars.

Communication

This study investigates the ideologies and communication practices of various community-based organizations that have been using community radio as a means for empowerment at the grassroots. Adopting the case-study method, the authors do an in-depth analysis of four community radio projects in India-in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Jharkhand.

Economics

Economic development, climate change, and the environment / Sinha, Ajit, ed. --London: Routledge, 2007

This collection of essays addresses one of the greatest challenges facing the world today-the problem of environmental degradation. The book also examines the policy of free trade and its impact on the environment of developing economies, as well as the question of compatibility between the absence of intra-generational altruism and the notion of sustainable development. Finally, the book looks at the problem of the depletion of non-renewable natural resources and the ways of reducing or stopping such depletion in some cases, and developing alternatives to some resources such as petroleum.

Globalization

This volume suggests multiple alternatives for globalization and development, Each essay in this collection focuses on a specific country where the discussion moves beyond the general to the specific. It addresses and analyses issues ranging from trade regimes and exchange rate policies, financial fragility, currency convertibility, and monetary policy.

International Relations

Asian diplomacy: the foreign ministries of China, India, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand / Rana, Kishan S.

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007

This study examines the geopolitical landscape and diplomatic culture of Asia's five ascending powers-China, India, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand. It scrutinizes the structure and processes of their foreign ministries and the instruments through which foreign policy is implemented. The author also discusses whether the methods of diplomacy are sufficiently adapted and flexible, and whether the foreign ministries carry conviction with the home publics and deliver value to them.

The book recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence organisation in the world during the most challenging times in recent history. With unparalleled access to both the highest echelons of government and draw intelligence from the field, Tenet illuminates the CIA's painstaking attempts to prepare the country against new and deadly threats, disentangles the interlocking events that led to 9/11, and offers explosive new information on the deliberations and strategies that culminated in the US invasion of Iraq.

Law

This book is a practical, up-to-date guide to the Indian criminal justice system, particularly in the context of human rights. It provides an overview of the Criminal Procedure Code, a lengthy and complex piece of legislation, which contains safeguards for civil and political rights. The book also highlights cases that have established important rules and guidelines relating to the implementation of the Code in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.

Literature

The book is a penetrating piece of social commentary, attuned to the inequalities that persist despite India's new prosperity. It correctly identifies and deflates-middle-class India's collective euphoria. The book is the tale of two Indians. Balram's journey from the darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.

Management

The book details how to effectively develop, implement, and access a sophisticated corporate environmental management program. The author examines the major issues that managers encounter during the course of developing a program. In the first part of the book, he discusses assessment, while the second part he provides technical details regarding management and investment concerns. The book offers insight into how to measure the effectiveness of corporate environmental programs and covers the array of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and international environmental initiatives.

Leading through conflict: how successful leaders transform differences into opportunities / Gerzon, Mark.

Boston: Harvard Business School, 2007

The book provides eight powerful tools leaders can use to transform seemingly intractable differences into progress i.e. integral vision, systems thinking, presence, inquiry, conscious communication, dialogue, bridging, innovation. Each of these tools is covered extensively in its own chapter and illustrated with a wealth of examples from organizations. The book also offers an appendix containing hands-on guidelines for leaders grappling with crisis-level conflict.

Nature Conservation

The book presents monitoring as an integral component of responsible conservation management and as a catalyst for decision making. The early sections of the book cover key areas in the development of a monitoring project. The later sections of the book comprise a series of case studies covering a wide range of habitats and species.

Politics and Government

Crisis of state and nation: South Asian states between nation-building and fragmentation / Neelsen, John P., ed.

New Delhi: Manohar, 2007

The present volume analyses various dimensions of the problems involved. Regional systematic overviews, followed by empirical case studies of particular groups, of countries, of manifestations of crisis, from the basis for theoretical conclusions. The common focus is on crisis, of which very different forms are identified: of the nation, of the state, of the regime, of the society, of the system as a whole.

The General and Jihad: Pakistan under Musharraf / John, Wilson.-- New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2007

The book, a collection of incisive and analytical articles, exposes Musharraf's duplicity in dealing with terrorists, his policy of keeping the jihadi option alive as a strategy tool and exploiting the presence of jihadi terrorists in Pakistan to project himself as a savior of Pakistan. A keen observer of Musharraf since 1999, the author debunks Musharraf's claims of fighting terrorism and reveals how Musharraf has hoodwinked the work through a web of lies and deceits, leaving the world a more dangerous place to live.

The newest volume in the acclaimed Journal of Democracy series examines the state of India's democracy. As India marks its sixtieth year of independence, it has become an ever more important object of study for scholars of comparative democracy. In recent decades, India has proven itself capable not only of preserving democracy, but of deepening and broadening it by moving to a more inclusive brand of politics. The essays in the book focus on India's economy, society, and politics, providing illuminating insights into the past accomplishments and continuing challenges of Indian democracy.

Sociology

The focus of the author is the process of establishment of Hindu-Muslim unity as a result of historical, social and cultural factors over a period of ten centuries. Traversing this era, he reveals how the Muslim rulers contributed to such harmony, and how the two cultures exchanged and accepted each others tenets in order to enrich and formulate a composite Indian culture. The author examines the contribution of Sufism which inherently connotes syncretism and tolerance as well as the simultaneous rise of the Bhakti Movement in medieval India.

This study marks a departure from existing studies on the middle class that have either focused on estimating its size or approached it through the lens of consumption. The author analyses the political processes that have linked the middle class to consumption and given it a pro-liberalization orientation. It then moves beyond these connections to examine the internal differentiations within this class, thereby challenging the thesis that the middle class benefits uniformly from the policies of economic liberalisation.

Local initiatives in relocation the state and NGOs as partners?: from research to action / Eerd, Maartje van.

New Delhi: Manohar, 2008

The book analyses the impact of relocation on 2, 640 poor urban households who were relocated from the city centre to the outskirts of Chennai in the 1990s. It describes a relocation programme of the government and the role of NGOs in the area. The main focus is on the local initiatives taken by the relocates in trying to rebuild their lives in the absence of services and employment.

Books added to Authors Corner(For Reference Only)

Devadas, David, A-3839

The book reveals a wealth of startling new information about the strategies, internal workings, disputes, excesses and failures of Kashmir's militant movement as well as the government of India and Pakistan, their armed forces and intelligence agencies. Nearly a decade of painstaking research through interviews conducted with primary players, including prime ministers, governors, generals, militant commanders and secessionist and mainstream politicians, has produced this tremendous work of contemporary history.

Karlekar, Hiranmay, A-1636/S

The book looks at human aggression and the entire range of relations between human and non-human living beings, and contends that the onslaught has its cultural and psychological roots in a mindset that has evolved in a universe of morality that humans have created which excludes animals. The author explores the psychological roots of violence, showing that in some cases, demand for slaughter of animals reflects transference of the genocidal impulse to it.

Saxena, S D., A-5665

The book is the tribute to the hundreds of thousand of people who have been connecting India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Kutch to Kolkata, in difficult weather conditions and in diverse circumstances. In the telecom field India stands equal to the developed nations, as far as technology usage is concerned. Within the country telecom has been used as an effective tool to combat social inequalities and to spread information, which is essential for growth. The book is an account of author's perception of growth of telecom sector in India.

New Electronic Documents added

The Global competitiveness report 2008-2009 by Klaus Schwab and Michael E Porter. World Economic Forum, 2008

This year’s Global Competitiveness Report is being released at a time of multiple shocks to the global economy. The financial market crisis that began in early 2007 is almost unprecedented in its impact, having resulted not only in losses in markets and for financial institutions, but also in an erosion of public confidence in the financial sector and among the institutions themselves across the industrialized world. The report is characterized by the continued expansion of our country coverage. Currently featuring a total of 134 economies, it remains the most comprehensive assessment of its kind. The Report contains a detailed profile for each of the economies featured in the study as well as an extensive section of data tables with global rankings covering over 100 indicators.

Source: http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR08/GCR08.pdf

The World health report 2008: primary health care-now more than ever. World Health Organization, 2008

This World health report revisits the ambitious vision of primary health care as a set of values and principles for guiding the development of health systems. The report represents an important opportunity to draw on the lessons of the past, consider the challenges that lie ahead, and identify major avenues for health systems to narrow the intolerable gaps between aspiration and implementation. These avenues are defined in the Report as four sets of reforms that reflect a convergence between the values of primary health care, the expectations of citizens and the common health performance challenges that cut across all contexts. They include: Universal coverage reforms, service delivery reforms, public policy reforms and leadership reforms.

Source: http://www.who.int/whr/2008/whr08_en.pdf

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