• Human rights: social justice in the age of the market / Feyter, Koen De. --London: Zed Books, 2005
  

  This book explores the relationship between economic globalization and human rights. It shows the many ways in which rampant market economics in today’s world leads to violations of human rights. It questions how far the present-day international human rights system—focusing as it does on legal conventions and enforcement by state machinery—really provides effective protection against the adverse effects of globalization. The book explains globalization to human rights activists as well as the relevance of a human rights approach in combating the downsides of globalization. In doing so, it shows both human rights activists and participants in the anti-globalization and development movements that there is a large, but hitherto untapped, overlap in their agendas, and real potential for a strategic alliance between them in joint campaigns around issues they share.

• Refugees and the law / Trakroo, Ragini. --New Delhi: Socio-Legal Information Centre.
  

  Refugee law in today’s context has become inextricably linked with the larger question of human rights and humanitarian law, from which it was originally isolates, as well as the other fields of international law, such as state responsibility and peace maintenance. This book looks at refugee law, but not within the limits it has traditionally been confined to. Its aim is to sensitise lawyers and practitioners all over the country, concerned with humanitarian issues, to the increasing need for a broader conceptual framework—one that can make, if only marginally, a little more sense of the seemingly chaotic ground realities, in all their complexity, and which also factors in the impact of policy on law.

• Controlling government spending: the ethos, ethics, and economics of expenditure management / A. Premchand. New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005
  

  Growing public expenditure is a persistent problem faced by governments in both industrialized as well as developing countries. Despite concerted efforts and wide-ranging reforms operational problems in controlling expenditure persist everywhere. This volume examines the main factors contributing to expenditure growth and formulates alternative proposals for improvement and sustainability in expenditure management. The book outlines the differing perceptions and approaches of industrialized and developing countries, provides an anatomy of financial management and ground-level realities, and emphasizes the need for strengthening expenditure control mechanisms in the future.

• Horizons: the Tata-India century 1904-2004 / Aman Nath. --Mumbai: India Book, 2004 (Reference)
  

  This book presents a comprehensive and sparkling record of a hundred years in Tata and Indian history. Founded in the late 19th century by the great industrialist and philanthropist Jamsetji Tata, the Tata Group has been a pioneer in such nationally vital industries as steel, hydroelectricity, aviation, and information technology; the history of the Group is in significant measure the history of India’s industrial development. The book narrates Tata history year by year, from 1904 to the present. It interweaves the industrial struggles and achievements with the constructive philanthropy and social commitment of the Group; it also contains lighter moments in the form of personal anecdotes and memories.

• India development and participation / Dreze, Jean. --New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005
  

  This book explores the role of public action in eliminating deprivation and expanding human freedoms in India. The analysis is based on a broad and integrating view of development, which focuses on well-being and freedom rather than the standard indicators of economic growth. The book place human agency at the centre of stage, and stress the complementary roles of different institutions (economic, social and political) in enhancing effective freedoms. It discusses the possibility of addressing these biases through more active democratic practice.

• India's five year plans: complete documents first five year plan (1951-56) to tenth five year plan 2002-2007 plus mid-term appraisal / India. Planning Commission. --New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2005
  

  The launching of the First Five-Year Plan in April 1951 initiated a process of planned economic development of the country—aiming not merely at raising the standard of living of the people, but also opening out to them new opportunities for a richer and a more varied life. Indian economy has come a long way completing its nine Five-Year Plans and launching the 10th Five Year Plan in April, 2002 and which has already completed three years. This volume includes all the documents of Five Year Plans including the latest Mid-term Appraisal of the Tenth Five Year Plan (Planning Commission. Government of India). The complete Mid-term Appraisal of the Tenth Plan and all the three volumes of the Tenth Plan document along with the other nine documents of the earlier Five Year Plans are given in the accompanying CD-ROM.

• Oil: politics, poverty and the planet / Shelley, Toby.--London: Zed Books, 2005
  

  Energy demand is on a strong upward trend. The reality of the environmental damage caused by fossil fuels cannot be doubted. What are likely to be the human consequences: changing disease vectors, unprecedented flooding, mass migration? And what is to be done, both in the wealthy countries where consumerism drives increasing growth in demand, and in developing countries aiming to grow their economies faster? This book addresses this most pervasive and destabilizing issues facing the humanity. This book highlights political and social issues in the global energy sector—the domestic inequality, civil conflict and widespread poverty that dependence on oil exports inflicts on developing countries and the strategies of wealthy countries (especially the United States) to control oil-rich regions.

• The politics of the new international financial architecture: reimposing neoliberal domination in the global south / Soederberg, Susanne. --London: Zed Books, 2004
  

  Recent years have witnessed a growing litany of stock exchange implosions, flights of capital, currency collapses, investment scams, tax evasion, and now terrorists hiding their funds in offshore havens. They are part of a veritable epidemic of financial crises—from Mexico, through Southeast Asia, Russia, Brazil and then Argentina. This book examines the G7’s attempts over the past decade to re-establish rules and a degree of order in the world financial system through the creation of the Financial Stability Forum and the G20, which they are calling the New International Financial Architecture. The book provides a real understanding of the structural dynamics of this deliberately constructed domination of finance, and the latest developments in the global economy.

• Privatisation in India: challenging economic orthodoxy / T. T. Ram Mohan. --London: Routledge Curzon, 2005
  

  Over the past decade India has been undertaking a programme of economic reform, and at the same time the economy has been growing at a high rate. As part of the reform programme, and in line with prevailing economic thinking, India has been privatizing its large, ungainly public sector. This book demonstrates, remarkably, that, contrary to the prevailing view, private-sector firms do not outperform public-sector firms across all sectors. It argues that the dominance of family businesses, rather than professionally managed firms, and the level of corporate governance are important constraints on the privatization process in India. It also shows that revenue-raising considerations have weighed more heavily with the government than efficiency objectives.

• Street addressing and the management of cities / Farvacque-Vitkovic, Catherine. Washington, D. C. : World Bank, 2005
  

  As cities in developing countries have confronted demographic explosion, urban management has become all the more challenging amid the current trend toward decentralization. With little experience in urban management, local governments have often been unable to develop the resources they need to deal with urban growth. This manual reviews the role of street addressing within the array of urban management tools, outlines current and future applications, highlights practices in several countries, and offers a methodological guide for implementing street addressing initiatives.

• Voice for the world's poor--Washington, D. C.: World Bank, 2005
  

  As president of the World Bank, James D. Wolfensohn oversaw the world’s largest and anti-poverty institution, providing tens of billions of dollars in loans as well as advice, technical assistance, and essential services to the world’s poorest nations. This book brings together 100 of Wolfensohn’s important and inspiring speeches, essays, and letters during the decade of his presidency. It presents his most though-provoking ideas on critical global issues, including poverty, HIV/AIDS, trade, globalization, education, human rights, peace, and security. The works collected here chart both Wolfensohn’s thinking on development and his advocacy for the world’s poor.

• Technology, e-learning and distance education / Bates, A. W. (Tony). --London: Routledge, 2005
  

  Technology is constantly changing and new technological developments can have profound effects on education, as in the case of the Web. This book presents a user-friendly model to help one to make decisions, and explores the spectrum of media available, including print, radio, video, online learning and synchronous conferencing. Exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each medium, the book considers issues such as cost, pedagogy and usability. One of the basic premises of this book is that newer technologies such as the World Wide Web are not necessarily better (or worse) for teaching or learning than older technologies such as print or video-conferencing. New technologies are just different and there is a need to understand the differences and the appropriate circumstances for applying various technologies for effective distance teaching and learning.

• Sustainable energy in developing countries: policy analysis and case studies / Meier, Peter. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2005
  

  This book deals with energy, which is considered the lifeblood of modern societies. The energy sector has been the dynamic engine of development and growth in recent times. In addition to this dominant economic contribution, the production and use of energy also has important environmental and social implications. The book looks at the subject of energy in its many dimensions, and serves as an excellent input for the resolution of many energy and environmental issues. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, which is well suited to analyzing sustainable development issues. Emphasis is given to the valuation of environmental and social impacts, such as cost of health damage due to air pollution, and economic and environmental cost of urban congestion and fuel price distortions.

• The seven cities of Delhi / Hearn, Gordon Risley. --New Delhi: Aryan Books, 2005 (Reference)
  

  This volume contains an excellent account of the history and architecture of Delhi. It is an intelligent record of the history of the city in all its major phases and is also a good account of early 20th century Delhi. However, it is also a romanticized account of the post-Mutiny period, probably the first and for the consumption of the ruling elite. Divided into three parts, the first discusses the situation of the seven cities and the principle monuments. The second part studies archaeology and architecture. The third section gives the history of Delhi from the Muhammadan conquest to the present time.

• Seven million years: the story of human evolution / Palmer, Douglas. --London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2005
  

  Humankind’s journey to understanding and acceptance of its evolutionary heritage has been fraught with difficulty. Even today, some people still find the fact that we share a 7-million-year-old common ancestor with the chimpanzees totally unacceptable. This book explores the discovery of our own species, our nearest relatives and an ancient shared history. It tells the stories of the archaeological finds, the people who made them and the arguments over their meaning and implications. It also reminds us that whilst scientific investigation of our history may have raised as many questions as it has resolved, it has clearly shown how our genes reinforce our commonality and recency as a species.

• The most beautiful gardens in the world / Bosser, Jacques. --New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004 (Reference)
  

  Gardens are unique creations, reflecting not only the landscape, flora, and climate of their environments but also the heritage—the history, architectural styles, and influences—of the cultures that made them. This book provides thirty-two of the greatest public and private gardens on five continents, including Majorelle Garden in Morocco, the Versailles gardens outside Paris, the Keukenhof floral exhibition park in the Netherlands, and the Huntington Botanical Gardens in California. The book acquaints with the historical background and uniqueness of each garden.

• Media rights and intellectual property / Haynes, Richard. --Edinburgh: Edinburgh University, 2005
  

  This study of intellectual property in the new media environment highlights the ways in which issues of intellectual property are driving the contemporary media economy—from disputes over downloading music from the Internet, to negotiations over David Beckham’s image rights. The book provides the media student with a clear understanding of how intellectual property laws shape, and are shaped, by the needs of the media industry. The media industry exploits copyright and trademarks in new and seemingly boundless ways—whether it’s the blockbuster movie ‘Harry Potter’ or the successful children’s television programme ‘Bob the Builder’.

• Nonprofit organizations: theory, management, policy / Anheier, Helmut A. --London: Routledge, 2005
  

  The importance of the nonprofit sector is now recognized as a key feature of most Western societies and the concept continues to gain currency more widely. This volume brings together the main theories, concepts, and research findings from this important interdisciplinary research field. It provides a comprehensive overview of nonprofit and voluntary organizations, nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, and civil society institutions. It details the background and concepts behind these organizations, examines relevant theories and the central issues of nonprofit governance, management, and policy. Linking theory with practice, each chapter is illustrated with real life case studies.

• Palgrave advances in development studies / Haynes, Jeffrey, ed. --Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
  

  This book aims to provide readers with an understanding of the disparate theories concerning development, their assumptions and the intellectual forces underpinning them. In thirteen specially commissioned essays, leading contributors from the field of Development Studies present the relevant material to analyze and evaluate current debates about development, together with the intellectual tools to judge contemporary arguments concerning development across the world and the ability to relate theories of development to contemporary policy issues.

• Islam and liberty: the historical misunderstanding / Charfi, Mohamed. --London: Zed Books, 2005
  

  Contemporary Arab governments have yet to conceive the very idea of democracy in terms of today’s criteria, and until they do so, the debate between traditionalists and democrats cannot progress. This book rejects the position of those who downplay Islamist violence and legitimize fundamentalist positions. It advocates a profound revision of Islamic thought. The author insists on a new reading of Islamic history and Islamic law and presses for a society that allows for dissent, secularism and freedom of belief. Above all, he stresses the overriding importance of educational reforms.

• Jama Masjid: call of the soul / Batra, N. L. --New Delhi: Niyogi Offset, 2005 (Reference)
  

  It is amazing that while most of the magnificent buildings constructed during the Mughal dynasty have been detailed by historians, architects and travelers to India in the past and the present, one of the finest mosques in India remains virtually undocumented and undiscovered in print. This book takes the readers on a journey through the Jama Masjid, where time and tradition come together to weave a historic tale. Most of the photographs illustrate that the Jama Masjid is a sacred Muslim site. But one should not forget that this splendid structure is also an integral part of our common religions and cultural inheritance.

• Handbook of youth mentoring / DuBois, David L., ed. --London: Sage, 2005 (Reference)
  

  This volume represents the culmination of several years of planning, writing, and editing in an effort to develop a resource for the field of youth mentoring that would be scholarly yet applied, and that would address the need for a comprehensive and integrative accounting of both the field’s progress to date and its most promising future directions. The book offers critical and informative analyses of the full spectrum of topics that are essential to advancing our understanding of the principles for effective mentoring of young people. The handbook explores not only mentoring that occurs within formal programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters but also examines natural mentoring relationships that youth establish with adults outside of such programs.

• Social work values and ethics / Reamer, Frederic G. --Jaipur: Rawat, 1999
  

  Social workers’ understanding of professional values and ethics has matured considerably in recent years. During the earliest years of the profession’s history, social workers’ attention was focused primarily on cultivating a set of values upon which the mission of social work could be based. This book explores the implications of new code for fulfilling social work’s enduring commitment to vulnerable and oppressed populations. The book includes: A discussion of the conceptual foundations of each of six core values considered to be the basis of social work ethics; Additional material on confidentiality and privacy; Vignettes accompanying many of the code’s guidelines, helping to explain in practical terms the reasoning behind each one; a comprehensive overview of the issues of social work misconduct and malpractice.

• With respect to sex: negotiating hijra identity in South India / Reddy, Gayatri. --Chicago: University of Chicago, 2005
  

  This book offers a provocative account of sexual and social differences in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the “third sex” of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Hijras are men who sacrifice their genetalia to a goddess in return for the power to confer fertility on newlyweds and newborn children, a ritual they are respected for, at the same time as they are stigmatized for their ambiguous sexuality. By focusing on the hijra community, the book sheds new light on Indian society and the intricate negotiations of identity across various domains of everyday life.

• The current negotiations in the WTO: options, opportunities and risks for developing countries / Das, Bhagirath Lal. London: Zed Books, 2005
  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) has launched an ambitious programme of negotiations in its Doha Work Programme in accordance with the decisions of its Doha Ministerial Conference held in November 2001. The negotiations suffered a serious setback in the Cancun Ministerial Conference in September 2003, but were revived by an agreement in the WTO General Council at the end of July 2004. This book examines the current state of play in the talks and discusses how the developing countries can best make use of this opportunity, within the negotiation parameters set by the Doha mandate and July decision. The book also considers ways to create a negotiating environment in the WTO which is conducive to securing outcomes that are mutually beneficial to all members, developing and developed countries alike.

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