New Books - November 2013

New Books in November 2013
Buy Now	DECENT WORK Insights from India's IT Industry Nausheen Nizami and Narayan Prasad'Decent Work' is a concept developed by the International Labour Organisation that sums up the aspirations of people in work life. This book provides a consolidated and encompassing guide to the underlying philosophy, meaning and theory of the decent work paradigm. It also provides an empirical analysis of the current status of decent work in the Information Technology (IT) industry of India adopting a pragmatic approach towards the measurement of decent work. Read More... SAGE Response Back to top 312 pages | Hardback: Rs 795.00 | 978-81-321-1159-7
Buy Now	EASY MONEY  Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War Vivek Kaul "In Easy Money, Vivek Kaul undertakes a thorough and exhaustive analysis of the history of money and the changes which inexorably and subtly led us to this inflexion point in economic and social history.” — From the Foreword by Satyajit Das, author of Extreme Money: The Masters of the Universe and the Cult of Risk "Vivek Kaul's 'Easy Money' is a fascinating historical journey through our monetary system which combines perspective from the past with useful insights on our present financial catastrophe." —Jeff Nielson, writer/editor, Bullion Bulls Canada The history of money and the financial system as it has evolved over the centuries stand at the heart of this endeavor. It explores the idea that the evolution of money over centuries has led to an easy money policy being followed by governments and central banks across the world, which in turn has fueled humongous Ponzi schemes, which have now started to unravel, bringing the whole world on the brink of a financial disaster. Read More... SAGE Response Back to top 300 pages | Paperback: Rs 395.00 | 978-81-321-1342-3
Buy Now	RESCUING RAILWAY CHILDREN Reuniting Families from India's Railway Platforms Malcolm Harper and Lalitha Iyer Rescuing Railway Children focuses on runaway children in India who have used trains to take them away from home, and who live on railway station platforms and in trains. It presents the issues and challenges of reaching out to these ‘railway children’, particularly through the experiences of Sathi, an NGO based in Bangalore. This organisation has chosen to work with children on railway platforms across India with the intention of reuniting them with families wherever possible. The book deals with platform outreach and focuses on shelters close to the stations. The reuniting process is examined from a practical as well as a child-rights perspective. Read More... Back to top 252 pages | Hardback: Rs 750.00 | 978-81-321-1161-0
Buy Now	URBAN VILLAGER Life in an Indian Satellite Town Vandana Vasudevan The book is a superbly etched and finely detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of India. It describes how Delhi, as a city, is growing radially, stretching its way into the rural fringes of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that border the city to form the National Capital Region. The author frequently draws parallels with similar kinds of urbanisation on the outskirts of other Indian metros. Across the country, the city gobbles up more and more of what was once the countryside-whether it is Sriperumbudur in Chennai, Belapur in Mumbai, Yelahanka on the outskirts of Bengaluru or Rajarhat New Town in Kolkata. Read More... Back to top 296 pages | Hardback: Rs 625.00 | 978-81-321-1309-6
Buy Now	LIFE AS A DALIT Views from the Bottom on Caste in India Edited by Subhadra Mitra Channa and Joan P Mencher The book is a superbly etched and finely detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of India. It describes how Delhi, as a city, is growing radially, stretching its way into the rural fringes of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh that border the city to form the National Capital Region. The author frequently draws parallels with similar kinds of urbanisation on the outskirts of other Indian metros. Across the country, the city gobbles up more and more of what was once the countryside-whether it is Sriperumbudur in Chennai, Belapur in Mumbai, Yelahanka on the outskirts of Bengaluru or Rajarhat New Town in Kolkata. Read More... Back to top 492 pages | Hardback: Rs 1,495.00 | 978-81-321-1123-8
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