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December 31, 2013 08:20 AM

ABSTRACT— With the return to multi-party politics in the early 1990’s, the issue of the representation of women and their participation in the political process has become increasingly relevant in Cameroon. It has attracted increasing interest from social scientists due to the fact that a key test of modernization is supposed to be the position of women in relation to the rhetoric that constructing an image of strong protective masculinity for political leaders, or holder of important decisions making positions.

November 11, 2013 08:18 PM

This piece was co-authored by Prof. K. Srinivasulu with Dr. G. Alivelu and Dr. G. Gopinath Reddy as a part of the following:

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In this paper, we make an attempt to enquire into the politics of state-business

relations, how it has affected industrial development in general, and expansion of the

manufacturing sector in the State of Andhra Pradesh (AP) in particular. In AP, SBRs

have evolved gradually under different political regimes - from 'indifferent' SBRs

during the initial decades passing through critical junctures in the form of 'active' and

November 11, 2013 08:06 PM

Claude Levi-Strauss has long been interested in the role of reciprocity, in the form of social exchange, in creating and main­taining bonds of affiliation in human societies (see, of course, Levi-Strauss 1969). In “The Bear and the Barber” he compares and contrasts two structural types usually assumed to be pro­foundly different from each other. The structural type denoted by the word “bear” in the title of the paper is labelled “totemic”: he considers it characteristic of classic Australian aboriginal groups, among others.

November 11, 2013 08:02 PM

Hindi version published in Srote Science and Technology Features, April 2008

Identity politics has become the hallmark of our times and emphasizing cultural identities does have some advantages in multicultural societies. However, it also encourages us to generalize about groups. The terrible effects of painting an entire community with one brush are to be seen in many ways. One instance is that of a teenaged girl who commited suicide in Bhopal some weeks ago. It was chance that she was born into the Pardhi community.

September 26, 2013 11:41 AM

Check out this rather long interview with Edward Said (nearly  3 1/2 hrs - so can only be seen over several sessions) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=twN0HzJmvi0

 

September 26, 2013 10:43 AM

Check out http://theopenacademy.com/ - It collects under one roof online courses by various universities, such as MIT, Yale and Oxford.

 

September 13, 2013 08:12 AM

Introduction

September 13, 2013 06:44 AM

            According to Public administration dictionary Policy paralysis refers to the delays, inaction and inability to take policy decisions by the government or its various departments and agencies which runs the country and the economy. Policy Paralysis stalls the economy and growth of a country. Policy paralysis is more apparent in an economy when various projects are shelved or being delayed.
International Dictionary of Public Management and Governancerefers to Policy Paralysis as stalemate that is reached in policy formulation because of

September 11, 2013 06:23 AM

‘Justice’ and ‘Social Justice’ belong to that category of words which people use frequently and variedly. They have a vague sense of what they are talking about. But when asked to consciously define these words, they fail to articulate properly. ‘Nation’ and ‘luck’ are other such words. So how is a concept like Justice to be understood? Is the understanding similar for all people or is it fundamentally different? Is it constant or does it change with the context, region and time?

September 8, 2013 10:29 AM

Justice in an organization is that which the employees perceive as being fair, with respect to, workplace procedures, interactions and results or payoffs. Well planned structures, policies and processes in an organization promote fair and equal treatment which is associated with employee well-being and prosperity. Therefore justice or the lack of it in an organisation is an instance of a nature of a society. The military is one of the largest organizations which has both social and political implications in terms of justice.

September 8, 2013 08:15 AM

This is the first paper in a series of papers that will be published under the category of student papers. Only the good ones will be chosen for publication.

There has been a constant question on my mind as to whether music has the power to change society or is it simply that change in society influences music.Either way, it is quite safe to say that music is one of the most powerful mediums of expression that can truly transform thoughts and change attitudes.The realisation and the fear of what music can actually do to a society is what causes so many musical works to be banned and censored.However, there seems to be lesser music that is being prohibited these days, not due to acceptance or freedom of expression but due to the

September 8, 2013 06:41 AM

Introduction

Though, since its origin, the human rights movement (HRM) in India

has made significant interventions in the shaping of democratic politics,

there has been, rather surprisingly, no serious reflection on the various

shifts that it has gone through and the emerging trends, phases and discourses

within it. In fact, a pertinent question, given the various new

shifts, is: is there a single HRM at all in India today? Or, instead, are

August 12, 2013 07:12 AM

The views expressed in this article are the author's alone. Socialsciences.in does not overtly or covertly support any of those and the article is being loaded here for the maintenance academic freedom and intellectual integrity.

Perhaps everyone has been asked at least once in life what his/her nationality is.In all formal forms, the answer is expected to be the name of one’s country. But according to the definition of ‘nation’ and living in a world of multinational countries, we can say that the answer to this question will quite likely be incorrect, especially when involving nations that their nationalities are in reality different from their citizenship and are not related to those countries where they are included.

June 9, 2013 10:11 AM

Thanks to S. Balakrishnan for sending this web link.  It will be very useful for those interested in Polybius and all things Greek.  Please have a look.

Among those are the sections of Polybius's sixth book in which he analysed the basic structure of the Roman political system and so, he believed, the secrets of its success. Rome thrived, he boldly argued, because it was a perfect “mixed constitution”, that is, part monarchy (in its consuls), part aristocracy (in the Senate), part democracy (in the popular assemblies). 
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1266167.ece

June 8, 2013 11:03 AM

Here is the link to an interesting article on liberal education - http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Ave-atque-vale-7653

 
 
 

June 3, 2013 08:28 AM

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