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041			_aeng.
082	0	4	_a307.14120954 _bHAN-
245	0	2	_aA handbook of rural India / _cedited by Surinder S. Jodhka.
260			_aHyderabad : _bOrient BlackSwa, _c2018.
300			_axvi, 472p.
500			_a"Essays from Economic and political weekly"--Cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aRural' and 'urban' are the foremost categories through which the dynamics of social life have been visualised and engaged with in modern and contemporary times. The idea of the 'rural' or the 'village' has been of particular significance in India. Despite its having had a long and diverse history of urban settlements, British colonisers represented India to the world as a land of 'village republics'. This representation was so influential that even the nationalist leaders accepted it uncritically. Gandhi advocated 'a return to the village' as the only genuine way to gaining swaraj, or self-rule. Nehru and Ambedkar too saw the village as the site of India's traditional life; however, to them it was also a signifier of India's economic backwardness and social ills. These notions have shaped social science scholarship, popular politics and public policy. For example, development planning was designed to make rural life compatible with modernity and encourage its population to move towards the 'city' through a steady process of urbanisation. The idea of such a demographic transition continues to be a core element of state policy and an important indicator of positive social change and economic growth
546			_aEnglish.
650		0	_aRural development _zIndia.
650		0	_aRural development _xGovernment policy _zIndia.
650		7	_aRural conditions.
650		7	_aRural development.
650		7	_aRural development _xGovernment policy.
700	1		_aJodhka, Surinder S., _eeditor.
942			_2ddc _cBK