Indigeneity and universality in social science: a South Asian response

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Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications (2004)
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Are social sciences that are indigenous to the West necessarily universal for other cultures? This collection of South Asian scholarship draws on the experiences of the region to discuss this question in depth.

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H61.15.I53 2004

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0761932151
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Consultative managerial leadership style in India: a viable alternative.Satish Kumar Kalra
Globalisation, Intellectual Property Rights and Indigenous Response.Indra Nath Mukherji
The Captive Mind and Creative Development1.Syed Hussein Alatas
Values and Development:“Gross National Happiness”.His Excellency Lyonpo Jigmi Y. Thinley
The call for indigenisation.  (pages 33--1)Yogesh Atal
Social sciences and the quest for a just society.  (pages 66--82)Immanuel Wallerstein
Economic Theory and Development Practice: Stiglitz s Critique and the Sri Lankan Experience.  (pages 114)Saman Kelegama & Chris Rodrigo
Pseudo-modernisation and the Formation of Youth Identities in Sri Lanka.  (pages 129)S. T. Hettige
Poverty in a rural economy: opportunities and threats–a case study of Nepal.  (pages 143--170)Bishwambher Pyakuryal
Inquiring minds and inquiry frames.  (pages 171--186)Ajeet N. Mathur
NGO Failure and the Need to Bring Back the State1.  (pages 187)S. Akbar Zaidi
Glimpses of Social Structure in Ancient India: Kautilya s Relevance for Sociology in South Asia.  (pages 233)Rangalal Sen
Institution Building in South Asia: Dilemmas and Experiences1.  (pages 255)T. K. Oommen
Traditions and Actors:'Communities' Reconfigured in Nineteenth-century India.  (pages 268)Satish Saberwal
The indigenous and the modern: education in South Asia.  (pages 331--361)Jacob Aikara
Urban Sociology of South Asia: The ProbL of Formulating the Indigenous.  (pages 362)Chandan Sengupta

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