Globalisation and Human Resource Development in 21st Century; 2 Volumes
Jha, A.K. (Ed.)
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Book ID : 31335
ISBN-10 : 81-261-2844-5 / 8126128445
ISBN-13 : 978-81-261-2844-0 / 9788126128440
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2006
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
viii+272p., viii+273-528p., Illus., Tables, Bib., Index, 25 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Vol. 1: 1. What is Human Development?; 2. Human Development-The Concept and its Relevance; 3. Human Development in India; 4. Human Development Index in India; 5. Human Development Efforts; 6. Infrastructure and Development for Human Development; 7. H. D. and Prospects of Civil Society in Era of Globalisation; 8. Globalisation and Transformation of Indian Rural Social Structure; 9. Development, Globalisation and the Rise of a Grassroots Environmental Movement; 10. Globalisation and Cultural Choice.
Vol.2: 11. Inclusion and Exclusion in South Asia: The Role of Religion; 12. Building Multicultural Democracies; 13. Cultural Liberty and Human Development; 14. Rural Development for Human Development; 15. Women and Children-Facets of Human Development; 16. The Millennium Development Compact; 17. Human Development-2020 Vision.
DESCRIPTION
Human development is "the process of enlarging people's choices". The three essential ones are for people to lead a long and healthy life, to acquire knowledge and to have access to the resource necessary for a decent standard of living. Unless these three critical choices are available, many other desirable opportunities will be unattainable. Some of these other choices include political and social freedom as well as the opportunity to be productive and to enjoy self-respect and guaranteed human rights. Human development thus have two sides: the function of human capabilities, such as improved health; and the other the use that people make of these acquire capabilities, for leisure or productive purposes. According to the concept of human development, income is only one option available to people though an important one at that. But it is not the sum total of their lives. The purposes of development is to enlarge all human choices, not just income. Income is a means, not an end. It may be used to which income is put, not on the level of income itself. This work articulates HRD practices in the context of globalization in 21st century.
