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Rural Development and Social Change
[PP 240]
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Instructors: Prof. Pranay K Swain
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Objective:
The course aims at developing understanding of the issues involved in management of rural development and social change. The course would cover a review of the concepts and approaches planning strategies and policy frames or rural development in relation to important socio-economic problems of rural India.
Teaching Method:
Specific sessions would be devoted to discussions on Indian experience: social and economic institutions, agricultural development, dissemination of new technology, rural industrialization, rural marketing, developmental administration and organizations in the broader context of social correlates and dynamics of development and social change
Besides the inputs provided in the classroom, the students would be required to undertake extensive library/fieldwork for class presentation and term paper.
Method of Evaluation:
Weightage would be given to Mid-term Exam (40%), class presentation (30%) and project report (30%).
Session Plan and Readings:
Week-1
Agrarian Development vis-à-vis Rural Development: The conceptual nuances
Ramanujan K N, The Philosophy of Rural Development, Kurukshetra, Jan 1995, pp: 3-6
Concepts of Social change and Development in India
Ahuja Ram, Indian Social Systems, Chapter 19, Social Change in India, pp: 394-413
Week-2
Third Sector: Bridging the gap in Rural Development in India
Dhillon DS and B S Hansra, Role of Voluntary Organisations in Rural Development, Kurukshetra, February 1995
The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development in Poverty Reduction, A Position Paper of NGOs, basic Document of the Global Donor Platform on Rural Development, in: www.donorplatform.org
Role of International NGOs in Rural Development in India.
Swain PK, “International NGOs (INGOs) in Developing Countries: An Indian Experience” conference paper, presented in the session of Asian Welfare at the International Conference on “Social Values and Social Policies” organized by the European Social Policy Research Network (ESPRN), Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 29-31 August 2002
Week-3
Human Development Index: a status check of Rural Indian realities
Human Development Index, HDI Report, UNDP, 2006
Bharat Nirman: Building the rural infrastructure
Bharat Nirman: A time-bound plan for rural infrastructure by the Government of India in partnership with State Governments and Panchayat Raj Institutions, 2005-2009, Govt. of India
India Vision 2020: the Planning Commission, GOI
Week-4
Adding a new dimension: The World Bank’s Strategy and Action Plan for Rural Development in India
World Bank Strategy and Action Plan for Rural Development, Rural Development Sector Unit, South Asia Region, The World Bank, July 2001
World Bank, Attacking Poverty, World Development Report, The World Bank, 2001
Week -5
Rural Development in India: a historical perspective- scanning though the 5 yr plans
Planning Commission, 11th Plan Document,
http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/plansf.htm
Scenario/Case Discussions
Contemporary topics/themes on Rural Development, State specific needs and approaches
(students driven)
Week 6-10
Presentations by the project groups and Discussions on selected topics. Project report/term paper
Recap of the course and Feedback
Relevant articles and working papers to be distributed to the students to help them in their projects
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Rural Market and Agrarian Structure
[PP 241]
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Instructors: Prof. Pranay K Swain
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Objective:
The course aims at providing an in-depth understanding of the dynamic process of interaction between rural market and agrarian structure in the broader context of economic development and social change in rural India. The course concentrates on the sociological aspects or rural markets in relation to the social framework of Indian Agriculture and its changing dimensions in a comparative perspective. The course further examines the pattern of inter-linkages between the emerging rural markets and the agrarian social structure with particular emphasis on the studies in the areas of sociology of markets.
Themes for discussion in the course include conceptual orientation, sociological theories and approaches to study rural markets and agrarian structure, interface between agrarian social structure and rural markets, nature, type and composition of rural markets in India, structure and pattern of inter-linkage of rural-urban markets, analysis of “market place” and “market principle” hypothesis, comparative studies on modernization of agriculture, changes in structure and function of markets and the process of social change in Indian, case studies on sociological studies or rural markets and social framework of agriculture.
Teaching Method:
The course is conducted through lectures, case discussions and class presentation by students based on library/field projects. Relevant course materials would be distributed in advance to students to aid to group discussions.
Method of Evaluation:
Weightage would be given to Mid-term Exam (40%), class presentation (30%) and project report (30%).
Session Plan and Readings:
Week:1
Agrarian Social Structure in India: Some Reflections
Rural Marketing
Rajmohan K, Kaleidoscope of Rural Marketing, Kurukshetra, Apr 2004, pp: 8-11
Rural Marketing: The conceptual Framework
Kumar C R and SS Kaptan, Changing face of Rural Marketing, Kurukshetra, Apr 2004, pp: 4-7
Halan D, Rural Marketing is a Different Ball Game, Indian Management, Nov 2003, pp: 60-68
Week: 2
Indian Rural Market: A Brief Profile
Dogra B and K Ghuman, Indian Rural Market: A Brief Profile, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:11-22
Rao KLK and R G Tagat, Rural Marketing: A Developmental Approach, IIM Bangalore Working Paper, 1985, Vikalpa, Vol-10, No-3, pp: 315-326
Agricultural Marketing in India
Bhushan B, Agricultural Marketing in India: Structural Weaknesses and Agenda for Reforms, Kurukshetra, Nov 1994, 9-14
Rao, GN, Creating Markets in the Countryside, Special Report, Business World, Apr 1994, pp: 89-96
Week: 3
Understanding the Rural Consumers
Dogra B and K Ghuman, Rural Consumer Behaviour, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:66-78
Panda TK, Wooing Rural Customers, IIM Lucknow, Personal Communication, 2007 pp-2
Rural Market: Challenges and Opportunities
Dogra B and K Ghuman, Challenges and Opportunities, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:44-54
Week: 4-8 Case Discussions (not restricted to the following list, fresh/relevant cases-if
any- will be distributed)
Seshagiri, S, A Sagar and D Joshi, Connecting to the Bottom of the Pyramid- An Exploratory Case Study of India’s Rural Communication Environment, International World Wide Web Conference Committiee, www 2007,Alberta, Canada, May 2007, pp: 855-862
Project Report- Rural Shopping Mall, Madhya Pradesh, pp:1-4
Sreejith A and Jagathy Raj V P , Organized Retail Market Boom and the Indian Society, International Marketing Conference on marketing & Society, Apr 2007, IIM K, pp: 603-612
Lele, A, M Raj and D Das, Providing Voice Connectivity to Rural India using WiMAX: Issues and Solution, NSDR’07, Kyoto, Japan, August 2007, pp: 1-6
Week: 9-10
Class Presentations by project groups and Discussions on Project report/term paper
Recap of the course and Feedback
Supplementary Readings and Project Aid:
Sl No Title
1. Singh, S, Rural Marketing: An Introduction, VPH, New Delhi, pp:1-5 , 127-136
2. Dogra B and K Ghuman, Rural Marketing: A Conceptual Framework, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:1-10
3. Agrawal and J N Bhargava, Innovation, Trends and the Indian Market, Special paper, pp: 359-364
4. Bansal, R N, Development of Rural Markets as Nucleus Growth Centres, Kurukhestra, Nov 1994, pp: 3-8
5. Mohan M, Marketing in Rural India, IIM Ahmedabad Working Paper, Productivity, Jan-March, 1979, pp: 619-631
6. Dogra B and K Ghuman, Segmentation of Rural Market, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:23-33
7. Dogra B and K Ghuman, Rural and Urban Markets: A Comparative Analysis, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:34-43
8. Dogra B and K Ghuman, Challenges and Opportunities, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:44-54
9. Dogra B and K Ghuman, e-Rural Marketing, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:297-307
10. Raj, SJM and P Selvaraj, Social Changes and the Growth of Indian Rural Market; An invitation to FMCG, International Marketing Conference on marketing & Society, Apr 2007, IIM K, pp:103-110
11. Dogra B and K Ghuman, Marketing of Agricultural Produce, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:259-275
12. Dogra B and K Ghuman, Corporate Sector in Agri-business: Cultivation, Processing and Retailing, in Dogra, et. al, Rural Marketing: Concepts and Practices, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2007, pp:308-319
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Social Issues and Social Policy
[SO-244]
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Instructors: Prof. K.alyan S. Mandal
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA
Post-Graduate Programme in Management
PGP-II, Term – IV
SO 244: SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL POLICY
Course Plan and Readings
1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE
The course highlights the nature of social policy through a discussion of the scope of social policy and models of social welfare. It presents social policy framework of Indian society and the world and analysis Indian situation on some important social issues with interregional and intraregional perspective. It explains why social policy is needed and explores social policy relating to health, education and some other selected areas. The course examines debates on selected contemporary policy issues. It probes the origins, shaping and consequences of social policies and demonstrates the use of social science research in micro level policy formulation through case studies. Finally, the course points out that beyond economic and social aspects there is a psychological dimension of development which needs attention.
II. FORMAT OF THE COURSE
The course is conducted through lectures and class discussions, debates, class assignments and project work involving field work. For project work students from project groups and each group identifies a social policy for in-depth study. Such identified social policies are studied involving library research and field work. The objective of the project work is to get a ‘book view’ as well as a ‘field view’ on social issues and policy interventions on them. Though each project group study a particular social issue, the pedagogy of the class is so organized that each project group’s learning is shared with the class and besides their own project work, students also learn from the projects done by other members of the class.
III METHOD OF EVALUATION
Weightages
Mid term (objective type) 30%
End term (essay type) 30%
Project work (group work) 30%
Class participation 10%
IV. READINGS
Sl.no.
1. R.N. Titmas, “What is Social Policy?” in Social Policy : An Introduction, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London (1974), pp.22-34.
2. Fiona Williams, “Perspective of Welfare: The Existing, but Inadequate Theoretical Basis of Social Policy” in Social Policy: A Critical Introduction, Policy Press, New York (1989), pp.13-17.
3. The Constitution of India, Part IV, “Directive Principles of State Policy”.
4. Government of India (May 2004), “National Common Minimum Programme of the Government of India”.
5. The UN Millennium Development Goals. Available at WWW.un.Org/millenniumgoals/ .
6. Amartya Sen, “Radical Needs and Moderate Reforms” in Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives (eds.) J. Dreze & A. Sen, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi (2003), pp.1-32.
7. Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen, “Economic Development and Social Opportunity” in India: Development and Participation, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi (2002), pp.35-44.
8. Jean Dreze, “Patterns of Literacy and Their Social Context” in Veena Das (ed.) The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Vol. 1, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi (2003), pp.974-997.
9. Jean Dreze, “Population, Health and Environment” in India : Development and Participation, Oxford Univ. Press, New Delhi (2002), pp.189-218.
10. Kalyan Sankar Mandal, “Equity-Oriented Rural Development in India – Its Origins, Shaping and Consequences” in Artha Vijnana, Sept, 1989 V 31 No.3, pp.225-240.
11. Kalyan Sankar Mandal, “Whom does Empowerment deliver? – A Study of Poverty Alleviation in Hooghly District, West Bengal” in Sociological Bulletin 53(3), September – December, 2004, pp.374-395.
12. M. Weiner, “The Political Consequences of Preferential Policies: India in Comparative Perspective: in The Indian Paradox, Sage, New Delhi (1989), pp.152-156, 161-165.
13. A.M. Basu, “The Status of Women” in Culture, The Status of Women, and Demographic Behaviour: Illustrated with the Case of India, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1972), pp.52-70.
14. Michael M Cermea, “Risks Safeguards and Reconstruction: A Model for Population Displacement and Resettlement” in Economic and Political Weekly, October 7, 2000.
15. Stefan Priesner, “Gross National Happiness: The Dimensions of Bhutan’s Unique Approach to Development”, mimeo. (1996), pp.7-31.
VI. CALENDAR
Sessions Topics Readings
(Sl.no.)
1. Introduction to the course
2. What is social policy? 1
Models of social welfare 2
3. Social Policy Framework of India
and the World 3,4,5
4. Interregional & intra regional Perspective on social issues 6
5. Why social policy? 7
6-7 Selected policy studies:
Education 8
8. Health 9
9-10 Presentation of study reports
on selected policies **
MID-TERM EXAMINATION
11-13 Origins, shaping and consequences
of anti-poverty programmes 10,11
14-16 Some contemporary policy issues
-Discussion on the issues involved 12,13
17-18 Debate on selected contemporary
policy issues **
19 Use of social science research in
micro level policy formulation
- a case of displacement
& rehabilitation policy 14
20 Beyond social policy 15
END-TERM EXAMINATION
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** Readings to be announced in class
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