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Books for Change is a publishing and distribution initiative set up to support the communication needs of civil society organisations and development sector in India.



It aims to bring together the enormous resources and leadership that exist in this area by communicating facts, perceptions and possibilities to do with social change as well as share information relevant to the change process.
Environmental Management in Organizations
 
The Iema Handbook
 
Edited by John Brady
 
Rs.1095 ; 448pp
 
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Environmental Management in Organizations provides the basic resource needed by organizations and the managers they employ on the issues and on the management tools, performance measures and communication strategies available. Leading experts on each topic have provided focused explanations and clear practical guidance, as well as setting out the context and the key environmental and management drivers.


Politics of Inclusion
 
Castes, Minorities, and Affirmative Action
 
Authored by Zoya Hasan
 
Rs.675 ; 312pp
 
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The author examines the distinctiveness as well as divergence in state policy towards different types of disadvantaged groups, as official policy remains less sensitive to the backwardness of minorities.


The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora
 
 
Edited by Brij V Lal
 
Rs.2500 ; 426pp
 
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The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora is the first comprehensive survey of Indian communities around the world.


Marxism & Class Analysis
 
 
Authored by Andre Beteille
 
Rs.345 ; 336pp
 
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This collection of essay addresses the contemporary significance of Marxism in the study of society, policy, and economy. The problems of inequality, class, and conflict in India are discussed with reference to its agrarian social structure. The analysis brings out the diverse and changing meanings of class within the Marxist tradition itself.


Anti-Oppressive Social Work
 
A guide for developing cultural competence
 
Authored by Siobhan E Laird
 
Rs.1700 ; 192pp
 
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This book assists students to develop cultural competence when working with individuals from minority ethnic communities. Bringing together the latest research, it moves beyond traditional conceptions of anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice by exploring the cultural aspects of people’s lives.


In a Minority
 
Essays on Muslim Women in India
 
Authored by Zoya Hasan, Ritu Menon
 
Rs.645 ; 406pp
 
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The essays in this volume present the diversity of Muslim women’s lives in all its complexity. They analyse patterns of employment and the low participation of Muslim women in the labour market; explore gender differentials in educational attainment and its links to other aspects of social inequality.


Encroached and Enslaved
 
Alienation of Tribal Lands and its Dynamics
 
Authored by Philip Viegas
 
Rs.70 ; 179pp
 
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Tribal culture and economy, in addition to being intimately linked to forests, have also a close relationship to land. In the wake of these changes in their culture and economy, the tribal are faced with a whole spectrum of problems, land alienation being a major one among them.


State, Society, and Tribes
 
Issues in Post-Colonial India
 
Authored by Virginius Xaxa
 
Rs.475 ; 141pp
 
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State, Society, and Tribes revisits the concept of ‘tribe’ and ‘tribal society’, situating the existing body of knowledge in the context of state policy and socio-cultural developments witnessed in India after independence.


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