SOCIAL CHANGE IN POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA

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.