About the Book

Most of the papers in this collection deal with one or more of the problems that our society is facing in consolidating itself into a nation and in living up to the ideals of democracy, secularism and social equality. These papers, which were primarily written as special lectures and seminar presentations, were written at various times spread over a period of little less than a decade. Though the perspective from which these papers were written is that of a sociologist but one cannot really discuss any societal problem exclusively from the standpoint or within the framework of a single discipline. For, one has to trespass into areas, which are more legitimately those of an economist or a political scientist. Hence, the book will interest not only sociologists but political scientists and economists as well.

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Contents

• The Contemporary Social Situation

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About the Author / Editor

A renowned social scientist, M.S. Gore has had a brilliant academic and professional career. He worked as Principal, Delhi School of Social Work from 1954 to 1962 before he joined the Tata Institute of Social Sciences as its Director and remained there until his retirement in 1982. From 1983 to 1986 he was Vice- Chancellor of the University of Bombay. His last important assignment was Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His major areas of interest have been social work and sociology, on which he has written several books and papers. His book on Ambedkar’s social and political thought won him the Ghurye Award for the best book published in sociology in 1993. He has also been a recipient of various awards, the most prominent amongst them being the Padma Bhushan presented by the President of India in 1975.

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