This title was first published in 2000: An analysis of India’s development and public policy from perspectives of five major fields of public policy: economic, social, environmental, scientific/technological and political.

Contents: Introduction: super-optimizing analysis and India’s industrial policy, Stuart Nagel. Economic Policy: India’s textile policy and the informal sectors, Sanjiv Misra. Social Policy: Women’s rights in India: a socio-religious perspective, Kunja Medhi; Political education and political socialization in a pluralistic society, a case study of two generations of women in India, Vijay Laxmi Pandit. Environmental and Health Policy: Gender dimensions of the environment and the development debate: the Indian experience, Hem Swarup and Ram Rajput. Science and Technology Policy: Science, technology and national goals: a study of the role of the Indian Council in Agricultural Research in the agricultural development in India, O.P. Sharma; The state and information technology in India: emerging trends, Pradip Thomas; Administering electronics: the experience of India and Brazil, Jørgen Dige Pedersen. Political Reform: Panchayati Raj: the Indian model of local self-government, Madan Sankhdher; General elections in India, 1989, M.V. Pylee; Index.