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This book analyses the reasons for relying on behavioural
contraception methods among urban 'elites' in India and examines
their efficacy in controlling fertility. It also traces variations
in contraception choice over the reproductive cycle of women.
Although researchers and policy makers generally equate reliance on
behavioural contraceptive methods with low levels of education and
awareness and lack of desire to control fertility, this perception
has been questioned in recent years. The authors' analysis of the
first three rounds of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data
in India reveals that behavioural contraceptive methods are popular
in eastern India. Moreover, it is urban educated women who rely on
behavioural methods, and are apparently able to regulate fertility
quite effectively with such methods. NFHS data, however, has some
limitations and this motivates the authors to explore birth control
methods through primary surveys of currently married graduate women
in Kolkata. The use of behavioural contraception methods is a
little researched area globally and this is the first book focusing
on the topic in India.
Based on a survey of women workers in Kolkata's IT sector, this
book argues that growth of the IT sector has created a demand for
skilled professionals. This has provided scope for highly educated
urban women to create a space of self-expression and enjoy enhanced
status and prestige within their families. These women workers
carefully plan their career and daily activities, keeping in mind
the need to balance diverse and conflicting needs of work and home.
This kind of decision-making occurs outside the utilitarian
framework and is better framed in terms of Herbert Simon's
'satisficing' approach, which takes into account the bounded
rationality of agents. Written in lucid, non-technical language,
the book will be an invaluable addition to existing works on gender
and labour studies and will be of interest to social scientists
undertaking research on gender, labour and the IT sector.
This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the many
socio-economic challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic across
international boundaries, disrupting the economic system and life
styles globally. It starts by setting the historical context of the
pandemic and proceeds to describe the impact on the Indian economy,
how certain sections of the population have become economically and
psychologically vulnerable. International experts from diverse
fields-development economics, macroeconomics, corporate finance,
history, sociology, psychology, public policy, and urban
studies-contribute to this exciting analysis of an Indian and
global society at the crossroads. The book examines emerging themes
related to global economic revival, intellectual property rights
over the vaccine, and rupturing of the global supply chains. It
discusses the response of institutions and markets to the global
pandemic. It closes with a futuristic look at the new society and
global system that may emerge out of the chaos. A valuable resource
appealing to a wide readership across the social sciences and the
humanities. Readers include undergraduate students, postgraduate
students, researchers and academic teachers, and also public policy
experts.
This book provides a broad overview of the current research on
various aspects of development, with a focus on India. The content
and treatment of the subject of development in this volume is
distinctive in many ways. It is a balanced mix of theory and
practical elements, dealing with a number of issues at micro as
well as macro levels. The analyses of the current socio-economic
problems are attempted in an elegant yet simple manner which makes
it equally useful for an aspiring researcher in economics or any
inter disciplinary field. The methodologies of the articles include
analytical verbal argumentative logic, theoretical constructs or
different versions of statistical, econometric or programming
techniques. It also contains well written survey articles, which
are useful in grasping the fundamental research issues and in
tracing the progress of research in an area. The general scope of
the book is very wide as the readership can include researchers,
scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, policy makers and
practitioners. Though the contributors are primarily scholars in
the field of Economics or Statistics, the book contains useful
takeaways for those working in the area of Development. It will
also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners interested
in development issues, and to post graduate students in Economics
or any field, in social science, management or development.
This book provides a broad overview of the current research on
various aspects of development, with a focus on India. The content
and treatment of the subject of development in this volume is
distinctive in many ways. It is a balanced mix of theory and
practical elements, dealing with a number of issues at micro as
well as macro levels. The analyses of the current socio-economic
problems are attempted in an elegant yet simple manner which makes
it equally useful for an aspiring researcher in economics or any
inter disciplinary field. The methodologies of the articles include
analytical verbal argumentative logic, theoretical constructs or
different versions of statistical, econometric or programming
techniques. It also contains well written survey articles, which
are useful in grasping the fundamental research issues and in
tracing the progress of research in an area. The general scope of
the book is very wide as the readership can include researchers,
scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, policy makers and
practitioners. Though the contributors are primarily scholars in
the field of Economics or Statistics, the book contains useful
takeaways for those working in the area of Development. It will
also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners interested
in development issues, and to post graduate students in Economics
or any field, in social science, management or development.
Preservation of built heritage is emerging as a major issue in the
urban planning process of developing countries. This book
criticizes the tendency of policy makers to sacrifice cultural
remnants of the past for future benefits. It argues that policy
makers must seek economically viable solutions to handle the
problems of conserving built environment. Starting from the
questions of what to preserve and for whom to preserve, the book
makes a convincing case for conserving built heritage on economic
grounds. It argues that policy makers must introduce a transparent
and systematic process of grading built heritage, and identifies
multi-criteria decision-making method as an important tool for this
purpose. This is followed by a discussion of how to fund
conservation. Based on a contingent valuation survey, the book
examines the replicability of heritage tourism policies prevalent
in developed countries for countries like India. The analysis sheds
new light on an area of emerging importance in developing
countries, and should be of value to urban economists, urban
planners, cultural economists, historians, architects and
conservationists.
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