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Rao, Suneeti
- Gender Injustice:Marxist Perspectives With a Difference
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 10, No 4 (1998), Pagination: 751-767Abstract
Political economy is defined as the science of the laws governing the production and exchange of the material means of subsistence in human society. The word 'laws' here denotes conditions and forms that govern production and exchange. But this definition is 'restricted to the evolution and development of the capitalist mode of production' (p. 167). Hence, the need to redefine it was tlrst felt by the working-class theoreticians in search of a more desirable option. After a critical analysis of capitalism as well as formulation of an alternate collective mode of production, they added to the initial economic categories like value, price and profit. some more such as social production and distribution. Social production refers to centralizing all means of production in the hands of the state, with the proletariat as the rulers of the state. Distribution, as distinguished from exchange, 'determines the proportion (the quantity) in which products are allocated to individuals, the latter (i.e., exchange) determines the particular products in the form of which the individual demands the share allocated to him in the distribution; the former represents a social, the latter an individual decision' [Carr, 1952,1978, Vol. 2, p. 6].
- Pre-Independence Labour Legislation in India
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 10, No 1 (1998), Pagination: 87-125Abstract
It is argued that protective labour legislation is one of the factors responsible for India's slow economic growth and, hence, need to be amended. This paper tries to trace the ischolar_mains of Indian labour laws. It documents the various laws and rules made to regulate the behaviour of labour at the work-place since the days of Kautilya to the dawn of Independence. It is perceived that even the highly pro-management labour laws implemented most rigorously failed to bring economic prosperity to the common people. Hence, the question arises: whose interests would be protected by modifying the existing labour legislation.
The paper is divided first chronologically into three broad parts: legislation during the ancient, medieval, and colonial periods. Part III is further divided into occupation-wise sections, such as laws for agricultural, plantation, mine and industrial labour. The aspects of labour legislation dealt with include (i) terms and conditions of employment other than monetary, like hours of work, safety conditions, facilities and amenities at place of work, continuity of employment (job-security), health-care and training for workers, holidays and leave, etc.; and (ii) labour relations, including trade unions, collective bargaining, strikes and settlement of disputes in the absence of regular special labour or industrial courts, as at present. Wages, salaries and other monetary payments are not covered since most of them are regulated by law only after Independence, except the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 which is reviewed here in brief. Also rules for male and female workers and special laws for perennially exploited labour, like slaves, bonded labour, contract labour and child labour, are dealt with.
- Total Literacy Campaign in Pudukkottai
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 9, No 2 (1997), Pagination: 377-389Abstract
This is a reflective rumination over Arivoli lyakkam (a total literacy campaign) undertaken in the spirit of a crusade in Pudukkottai, one of the smallest districts of Tamil Nadu, with an area of 4,663 square kilometres and a population of 13.2 lakh (1991 Census). It is also one of the least developed districts. Agriculture is at bare subsistence level for most of the population, about 85 per cent of the people in Pudukkottai live in villages, and industrially it is backward due to lack of infrastructure facilities, even of water and power.- Right to Land in Cities:A Sketch of Mumbai
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 8, No 4 (1996), Pagination: 706-727Abstract
The Portuguese and the British were the first rulers of Mumbai who noticed its significance as a naval base and a commercial port. Later, its suitability for the textile industry was perceived. Consequently, a policy of encouraging and inviting people to settle on the islands, almost inhabitable in the early years, was followed. It was expected that with the rise in population, the city would grow automatically. The city emerged as the commercial and industrial capital of India, but the inconceivable growth of population brought in its trail other problems-congestion and discord regarding land rights, to mention a few. The paper sketches the history of this discord up to Independence, in the light of the population growth given in the Appendix Table.- Hegemony in India:A Historical Perspective
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 8, No 1 (1996), Pagination: 157-180Abstract
Power is 'the central fact of the history of human experience...power constitutes the dominant moment of all relations in society and culture' (emphasis original) (Vol. III, p. 11).- Evolution of the Consumer Protection Law in India
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 7, No 3 (1995), Pagination: 433-512Abstract
The article surveys the measures for consumer protection in India from the days of Kautilya till the present. It traces, in brief, how the need for such measures arose when the barter system was replaced by market transactions. After the Industrial Revolution, especially, with the emergence of multinational corporations, consumers had to build up a strong worldwide movement to protect their interests. The state and the United Nations intervened on their behalf, to realise their basic needs: adequate supply of essentials (both goods and services) like food, water, or health care, at reasonable prices and of acceptable quality. Since mere legislation is not adequate, positive intervening measures by the state as well as active consumer participation are called for. Sections I to VI outline the historical developments, the Consumer Protection Act, 1986-a judicial mechanism to resolve consumers' disputes- with a few characteristic judgments of the consumer courts, and measures for control of price, quantity and quality. Section VII comprise Illustrations.- Women's Movement in India:Some Important Issues
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1 Indian School of Political Economy, Pune, IN
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 7, No 1 (1995), Pagination: 180-189Abstract
Women's movement in general and even Indian women's movement in particular has been delineated upon many a time in recent years. Still these essays are not yet another addition to the annals of women's studies for they recapitulate the Indian women's movement as understood by an activist feminist, many aspects of whose life have enriched her perception of the women's problems in India.- Radicals in Search of an Identity?
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Journal of Indian School of Political Economy, Vol 6, No 1 (1994), Pagination: 160-173Abstract
Reality is a many splendoured totality. Man gains knowledge and understanding about it from his own social and cultural background and mental framework. His personal world view crystallizes through his own reading of reality. This view may not be the same as those acquired by others from their individual standpoints. For instance, the Marxists believe in only one kind of inequality, viz, that caused by the economic relations of class and disregard discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, caste, etc. Hence their standpoint is different from that of feminists or of scheduled castes who have been putting up with inequities arising from gender and caste. Conception of social reality from any one standpoint alone is incomplete. In fact, there is nothing amiss about the plurality in the understanding of social reality from diverse standpoints.