Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India
This book examines how and where psychology can engage itself in the framing of social policies for national as well as human development in India. Although the role that psychological knowledge can play in informing social policy decisions has been discu
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Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India
Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India
R. C. Tripathi · Yoganand Sinha Editors
Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India
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Editors R. C. Tripathi Yoganand Sinha Department of Psychology University of Allahabad Allahabad Uttar Pradesh India
ISBN 978-81-322-1002-3 ISBN 978-81-322-1003-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-1003-0 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013934021 © Springer India 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher's location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Social policies generally reflect the commitment of the state to its people to build a harmonious and free society with a view to ensuring a quality of life for all its citizens that will be in consonance with their aspirations. Social policies are, therefore, necessarily driven by the vision people and leaders have of the kind of society they want to build. It is another matter that such vision often falls victim to political ideologies and political expediencies. There can be a worse scenario in which there is not only an absence of a vision but the vision that gets accepted as vision of the nation is a borrowed one or worse, imposed by global institutions or some powerful nation. The
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