About the Book

The book seeks to initiate a dialogue on facets of change and continuity with reference to Uttar Pradesh. Unusual resilience and remarkable adaptivity of the state constitutes the theme for exploration. Stresses and strains of transition from tradition to modernity are sought to be brought into sharp focus to understand the social reality of the state in the post-independence era. The intent is to identity factors promoting growth and those retarding the same through inter-disciplinary discussions. Uneven spread of economic initiatives, differential response to force of social change and altering contours of political alignments are sought to be explored in depth as well as in coverage. Scattered wisdom on socio-economic and political dimensions of the state is accumulated for integration to identify alternative paradigms of development that will in trun facilitate action-oriented interventions with the help of social scientists.

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About the Author / Editor

A sociologist of repute—A.K. Lal—has three decades of experience in research and training. He has special interests in the problems of the weaker sections which finds articulation in his contributions facilitating understanding of the phenomenon of change and continuity among these people. He has long experience of field work and has been in close rapport with sociological activities of Sulabh International. He has authored a number of books and research articles. Presently, he is Reader in A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna. An expert of population studies, S.Sami Ahmad was Reader at G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. He had written impressive articles on contemporary issues of urbanization. He had attended important seminars in India and abroad and presented his reflections on issues of development and change.

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