New Book Presents a Groundbreaking Step in the Creation of a New Gandhian Political Economy.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49035) has announced the addition of Gandhian Political Economy to their offering. This book identifies and analyses the political economy elements in Gandhi's thought; evaluating the spiritual and ontological basis of Gandhian political economy, and examining the contemporary relevance of Gandhian political economy both in terms of alternative types of heterodox het·er·o·dox adj. 1. Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma. 2. Holding unorthodox opinions. political economy and in terms of policy. The book presents a groundbreaking step in the creation of a new Gandhian political economy. Reviews "Professor Ghosh's present work is the first book to develop the Gandhian political economy. He brilliantly examines Gandhian methodology and further themes on inequality, justice, conflict resolution, the role of government, industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and , and the reasons for development and underdevelopment. This is a must read for those who wish to know how Gandhi's thought can be applied to contemporary political economy issues, and how it is in essence a political economy perspective on the world." Professor Phillip O Hara, Curtin University of Technology, Australia "I do not know any other work on Gandhi's economic thought that is remotely comparable to Professor Ghosh's book in its depth and range. It fills an important gap in the Gandhian literature and should encourage economists to pay closer attention to the epistemological e·pis·te·mol·o·gy n. The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity. [Greek epist , moral and other presuppositions of their discipline." Professor Bhikhu Parekh, University of Hull, UK "Professor Ghosh's new book on Gandhi's pioneering contributions is a major work that is both timely and highly relevant to meeting contemporary challenges of development studies. It is amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. how refreshing Gandhi's thinking remains after more than half a century. The book deserves to be read widely." Professor Ozay Mehmet, Carleton University Carleton University, at Ottawa, Ont., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1942 as Carleton College. It achieved university status in 1957. It has faculties of arts, social sciences, science, engineering, and graduate studies, as well as the Centre for , Canada, and Eastern Mediterranean University General The university has 50 departments offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, as well as a research infrastructure, and the medium of instruction is entirely in English. , Cyprus "Gandhian prescriptions may appear to be utopian at present. Yet, we often resort to the Gandhian model in cases of resolution of conflict and violence. This book on Gandhian Political Economy is a brilliant attempt to analyze the dynamics of the real Gandhian system and its applicability in practice." Professor R.K. Sen, Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a university in Kolkata, India. , India About the Author/Editor Dr B.N. Ghosh is Professor of Economics at the Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. He is also the Honorary Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Development at Leeds, UK, and the Chief Editor of International Journal of Human Development published from UK. Content Outline: Foreword Preface Introduction The making of Gandhian political economy The ontological principles of Gandhian political economy Methodological structuration The theory of structuration, proposed by Anthony Giddens (1984) in The Constitution of Society, (mentioned also in Central Problems of Social Theory, 1979) is an attempt to reconcile theoretical dichotomies of social systems such as agency/structure, Exploitation, inequalities and distributive justice DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. That virtue, whose object it is to distribute rewards and punishments to every one according to his merits or demerits. Tr. of Eq. 3; Lepage, El. du Dr. ch. 1, art. 3, Sec. 2 1 Toull. n. 7, note. See Justice. Conflict and Conflict Resolution State, power and policy Development and underdevelopment Towards an appraisal Glossary Brief chronology Index For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49035 |
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