Cover May 19, 2012	[EDITORIALS] From Mitterrand to Hollande Is there even one reason why fi nance capital should fear Parti Socialiste and Francois Hollande?  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

There is an insuffi cient understanding of the seriousness of India’s energy security problem and the impact this is having on the country’s development  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

When and how did corruption become the most urgent crisis facing the Indian nation? This question is yet to be addressed adequately in the ongoing debates on corruption in India. This article turns its attention to the role of India Inc  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

This paper analyses the causes of the high inflation experienced in 12 food commodities between January 2008 and July 2010. It is shown that a majority of the commodities were subject to inflationary pressures due to domestic supply-side constraints  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The report of the Hunger and Malnutrition Survey, which was conducted between October 2010 and February 2011 to assess the rate of under-nutrition among children under the age of fi ve in 100 focus districts of rural India, makes progress in measurin  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The relationship between India’s economic liberalisation and the rise of urban middle-class “civil society” movements has been critically analysed by several commentators, but few attempts have been made to understand what exactly this civil society  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 views all social and economic forms of organisation in the country as a homogeneous whole, ignoring the differences within rural areas and in tribal societies  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

A set of interviews conducted with children from families of a minority community living in the vicinity of the Batla House “encounter” in New Delhi in September 2008 reveals a large degree of alienation, fear and confusion  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

“Inclusive growth” is a fashionable term these days, used widely in a large number of emerging and developing countries in the context of the neo-liberal policy framework, which is expected to deliver growth, and also inclusive growth  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

It has been a year since the United Democratic Front government took offi ce in Kerala. During this period communal forces have exercised their infl uence in government formation, and caste and sectarian mobilisation has grown  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Dealing with e-waste must remain the primary responsibility of manufacturers of electronic goods.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

A good beginning towards democratisation, but much more needs to be done.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

History, Historians and Development Policy: A Necessary Dialogue edited by C A Bayly, Vijayendra Rao, Simon Szreter, Michael Woolcock (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press), 2011; pp xii + 276, price not stated.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

Tibet: A History by Sam Van Schaik (New Delhi: Amaryllis), Yale University Press, 2012; pp xxvi + 411, Rs 695.  [Abstract]  [Full Article]

This response to “Reinventing the Third World” by Aswini K Ray (EPW, 17 March 2012) is channelled towards contesting two core points of Ray’s essay: that the third world bears a distinct and special responsibility in today’s world and that the posses  [Abstract]  [Full Article]