“Over a billion people are currently trying to subsist on less than a dollar a day, a state of affairs both tragic and shameful. In this important volume, some of the world’s leading economists assess the magnitude of the problem, how it got that way, and what to do about it. Their ideas deserve to have a profound effect on policy.”

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current community resources available to elderly Americans, including both public and private programs. Deeper understanding of the social and psychological needs of the elderly and their families, as well as the services that are available to them, will better prepare students and practitioners to take advantage of resources available to their clients.

This book takes a refreshing new look at power and resistance in organizations. It provides the reader with an understanding of the ways in which diverse Struggles pervade organizations. While reminding us that there is still is hope for those who engage in them.

From Periphery to Centre is an incisive and well – informed analysis of the emerging nexus between the traditional forces and structures of oppression in India. Using Foucauldian analysis Raj demonstrates here the manner in which the dominant philosophical traditions of the west, laid the foundations of the present unjust world older.

The authors provide a working model for social workers to integrate the most up-to-date evidence about common challenges of living faced by their clients. Using a multidimensional bio psycho social-spiritual perspective, the book examines the etiology and course of the eight challenges of living along with proper intervention strategies.

Smashing the Iron Rice Pot looks at the trade union movement inside China and explores the extent to which workers are “masters of the country” following China’s ambitious program of political and economic reform. It provides the first sympathetic yet critical analysis of modern Chinese trade unionism.

Presenting an account of the legislation and debates surrounding the law for civil marriage in India, its history and its practice, it explores new forms of intimacy that seek social legitimacy and legalization through the mechanisms of marriage afforded by the courts and religious institutions in Delhi.

This book addresses a set of problems surrounding the state of the social sciences in Asia. It conteptualizes these problems, by pointing to the historical and continuing dominance over Asian social science discourses by Western Paradigms and concepts.