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Integral Liberation: A Quarterly Review for Justice, Development and Social Change  updated 21 September 2009

June-September 2009 - Whither India?/Democracy and Violence/ Migration and Displacement

Front Cover & Contents

Editorial

  1. Theme Articles

    Whither India? – Needed Action

    India and Its Neighbourhood

    Lessons From Verdict 2009

    Hate Speech in Electioneering

    Power Flows from Wine and Money

    Political Economy and Governance

     

  2. Documentation

    The 2009 Verdict and Mandate

    A. The 2009 Verdict and Its Lessons

    1. General Reflections

    2. The Congress/UPA Victory

    3. The BJP/NDA Defeat and Its Implications

    4. The Left Defeat and Its Implications

    5. One-Sided Readings of the Results

    6. Overviews of the Election Results

    B. The Mandate and Task of the New Government

    1. The Congress/UPA Mandate

    2. The People’s Expectations

    3. The Government’s Pro-Poor Agenda

    4. An Action Plan for the New Government

    5. What About the Economic Reforms?

    6. Rethinking Our Nation


March 2009 - The 2009 National Elections

Front Cover & Contents

Editorial

  1. Themes and Articles

    Are Elections Rituals?

    Decision Time - Election 2009

    Questions to Decide Our Vote

    Manifesto from the Margins

    Students' Views 

     

  2. Documentation

    The 2009 Lok Sabha Elections 

    1. The Incomparable Indian Election

    2. Basic Information on India's Lok Sabha

    3. Looking Back at the 2004 LS Elections

    4. Trends in the 2008 State Elections

    5. The Three Alliances/Coalitions

    6. Key Issues and Concerns

    7. Political Manifestos

    8. State Alliances and Battles

    9. The Problem of Corruption

    10. Lok Sabha Projections and Election Polls

    11. Appeals to Voters

    12. How Will the 15th Lok  Sabha look?

 


December 2008 - Development and Communalism

Front Cover & Contents

Editorial

  1. Development

    Land Struggles of Dalits in Kerala

    Food Price Rise - Dimensions and Challenges

    The Worker's in Today's World

    Revisiting Eraiyur

    NGO Roles, Accountability and Women Staff

    NGOs in a Global Future: Local Delivery to Worldwide Leverage

    The Response of Activists to Development Challenges 

     

  2. Communalism, Hindutva and Terrorism


October 2008 - India's Communal Crisis

Front Cover & Contents

Editorial

  1. Theme Articles

    History of Fascism in India

    Communal Fascism in India

    What is the RSS?

    Hindu Fundamentalism: Root Cause of Communal Violence in India

    Orissa Report, National Commission for Minorities

    Kandhamal, Karnataka, Delhi: Terror, Blatant as Well as Covert

    The Attacks and Everyday Life

    Secularism and Pluralism in the Modern State

    Combating Communism

     

  2. Documentation

    Attacks on Christians

    Broader Communal Issues


June 2008 - The World of the Workers

Front Cover & Contents

Editorial

  1. Theme Articles

    The Indian Worker

    The Unorganised Sector Workers' Bill: A Political Gimmick

    The Future of Trade Unions

    Globalisation and Labour: Caste as Strategy

     

  2. Information and Documentation

    Health Care in India Today, part II:

    • Recent Developments

    • What Is To Be Done?

    • Signs of Hope


April 2008 - Health Care in India Today

Front Cover & Contents

Editorial

  1. Theme Articles

    Right to Health and Health Care

    Health for Whom and By Whom?

    PHDs Not PHCs

    Rationalising Inhuman Medical Practices

    Medical Tourism & Health Care Hosting

    Malaria: A Killer Disease of the Poor

    Addressing HIV in Karnataka

    Readers' Views: Health Care Concerns

     

  2. Information and Documentation

    Health Care in India Today, part 1:

    • Introductory Perspectives

    • Crisis in India's Public Health System

    • India's Health Scenario

    • The Root Causes of Today's Crisis


December  2007 - Development Challenges & Responses
Front Cover & Contents, Inside Cover  
Editorial

Keynote Address

 

Thematic Reports

I.     Dalits and Tribals

II.    Women's Liberation and Empowerment

III.   Unorganised Labourers and Livelihood Resources

IV.   Children's Rights   

 

Concluding Reports

Perspectives for Social Activists

 

Notes for Thematic Reports

 

Documentation: The Concept of Development

 

Participants' Contributions

Three Global Challenges

Unorganised Sector & Development Challenges

Bonded Labour

Children's Parliament

The Legal Rights of Children

        List of Participants


September 2007 - The Social Sector
Front Cover & Contents  
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    India at Sixty
    Special Economic Zones
    Why Do People Resist Displacement?
    Agriculture and Budget 2007-08
    NREGA: Old Wine in Old Bottles
    NGOs: Growth, Credibility and Accountability

  1. Information and Documentation
    India Today - Basic Documentation
    I.   Inclusive or Iniquitous Growth?
    II.  Relevant Data on Social Issues
    III. The Diminishing Social Sector Expenditure
    IV. Complementary Reflections on the SEZs and the            NREGS
    V.  The State and the People
    The Evolving Poverty Scenario


June 2007 - Information Technology
Front Cover & Contents  
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    Reflections on the Information Technology
    Information Technology and Social Change
    Economy in the Knowledge Society
    Information Technology, Women and Development
    The Youth and the ICTs 

    ICT Intervention through Rural Knowledge Centres
    A New Approach to the Brain Drain
    Surveillance/Snooping

  1. Information and Documentation
    Complementary Reflections on IT


March 2007 - Bread or Bombs?
Front Cover & Contents  
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    Choosing Bread Over Bombs!  
    Reflections on Bread and Bombs
    The India-US Nuclear Energy Agreement 
    What Price Nuclear Nationalism? 
    The Imperative of Nuclear Disarmament
    Arms Trade and Military Spending

    

 

  1. Information and Documentation
    Military and Civilian Nuclear Energy
    I. Introductory Perspectives  
    II. India's 1998 Nuclear Tests  
    III. The Indo-US Nuclear Deal
    IV. The Question of Civilian Nuclear Energy
    V. The Role of Peace Movements 


December 2006 - State, Market and Civil Society
Front Cover & Contents  
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    Globalisation and Politics  
    Market-Centered Agriculture and Starvation
    State, Market and Social Society 
    State and Human Rights - A Critique    
    Women, Globalisation and the Absent Nation-State
    The Media and Civil Society in the Era of Globalisation   State-NGO Relationship in the Liberalised Scenario               The Future of Civil Society

  2. Information and Documentation
    Social Movements Today   


September 2006 - The Future of Socialism
Front Cover & Contents  
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    Economic Reforms:  Impacts and Challenges  
    Socialism for the 21st Century - Synthetic Framework  
    Is There a Future for Socialism? - Mangalore Seminar    
    Is There a Future for Socialism?    
    Socialism:  A Task for the 'Left'
    Socialism in the Era of Globalisation

  2. Grassroots Experiences
    In Search of a Just and Equal Society

  3. Information and Documentation
    The CPI(M) Perspective on Socialism   
    The Imperative of Humanism
    Complementary Reflections on Socialism  


June 2006 - Reservations and Social Justice
Front Cover & Contents  
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    Reservations and Social Justice  
    The History of Reservations in India  
    Will the Most Backward Classes Rise?    
    Reservation in the Private Sector    
    Ensuring Equal Rights to all Dalits
    Women's Reservation Bill:  An Overview

  2. Information and Documentation
    Complementary Reflections on Reservations   


September 2005 - Hindu Perspectives on Liberation

Front Cover & Contents    
Editorial   

  1. Theme Articles
    Establishing Dharma as Process of Liberation  
    The Philosophy of Liberation:  Hindu Perspective  
    Spiritual Awakenings for Social Justice and Peace       

  2. Grassroots Experiences
    The Integrated Human Development Programme in Tripura  

  3. Information and Documentation
    Religion, Social Change and Liberation (Complementary Reflections)   

    Prayers from Hindu Religious Literature    

    Readers' Views on Hinduism   

    Eco-Rural Tourism and Sustainable Development  


June 2005 - The Right to Water

Front Cover  
Contents   
Editorial   

  1. Theme Articles
    Water:  The More Than "Silent" Emergency  
    Source of Life for Sale in Bottles, Trade in Water Services  
    Water - Life Before Profit!  
    The Interlinking of Rivers   
    Implications of Irrigation-Related Laws for Farmers     

  2. Grassroots Experiences
    Tank Water as Livelihood Support    
    Watershed Programme in Hosadurga Taluk    
    A Survey on Water in Some Localities of Mumbai 

  3. Information and Documentation
    Complementary Reflections on Water Issues     


March 2005 - Social Discrimination
Contents   
Editorial   

  1. Theme Articles
    Minority Rights & Educational Institutions:  Latest Developments  
    Living with HIV/AIDS in a Sick Society  
    Political Marginalisation and Empowerment of Dalits  
    Social Discrimination - A Perspective from Gujarat   
    Consumerism is a Planetary Sin     
    The Rights of the Family  

  2. Grassroots Experiences
    The Gram Vikas' Story    
    Learning by Doing - Sowing the Seeds of Local Governance 

  3. Information and Documentation
    Readers' Views on Social Discrimination     
    What Can We Do?

     

    Letters to the Editor    


December 2004 - Human Rights Issues
Front Cover, List of Previous Issues, & Contents   
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    The Evolution of Human Rights  
    Human Rights:  Basic Documents, Concepts and Perspectives  
    Are These, Human Rights Violations  

  2. Grassroots Experiences
    Human Rights Interventions and Struggles    
    Campaign for the Right to Food and Work
        
    The Freedom of Information Act    

  3. Information and Documentation
    Casteism and Racism:  The Debate     
    What Can We Do & Human Rights Organisations & Web Sites

Share Your Experiences and Views - Social Discrimination     



September 2004 - The Post-Election Scenario
Front Cover
Contents
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    People's Voice:  Reflections on 14th General Election  
    Election 2004:  Why the Media Got it Wrong  
    Decline of Human Rights and Election 2004  
    Cast out by crime and hunger, they cast out the rulers  
    Democracy in the Age of Coalitions  
    Women & Electoral Malpractices  
    The Capitalist Orientation of the Congress  
    The UPA and Agricultural Reforms  
    The First 100 Days of the UPA  

  2. Information and Documentation
    The Post-Election Scenario & Questions for Personal Reflection and Group Sharings

Letters to the Editor  & The NBCLC Series  


June 2004 - Reflections on Various Issues
Front Cover 
Contents 
Editorial

  1. Theme Articles
    Post-Reform Performance of the Agricultural Sector  
    Media and the Gender Issues  
    Human Rights in the Unorganised Sector  

  2. Grassroots Experiences
    Muthanga Assertion:  A Silver Line in the Dark Terrain of Adivasi Life
    Dalit Assertion in North India

  3. Information and Documentation
    Building a Social Movements World Network
    Reflections on the 2004 WSF
    The Future of the WSF and the WSF of the Future

    India's National and State Elections


March 2004  The Social Forum

Contents

Editorial

  1. The World Social Forum

  2. The World Social Forum 2004

  3. The Mumbai Resistance and Radical Critiques of the WSF

  4. Participants Views - The Mumbai WSF
    Networking Effects of the WSF in India  Prakash Louis

  5. The Future of the WSF and the WSF of the Future & References
    continuation from page 79 which will be published in the June issue

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