Writings on the concept of power. Includes copy of a book titled Power by Steven Lukes, a chapter from D. Phil thesis ‘Autonomy and Power’ and a paper by Pranab Bardhan titled ‘On the concept of power in Economics’.
Writing on health and medicine. Includes essays by Barbara Boal titled ‘Contrasts between traditional and modern systems of medicine among the Kond hill people of Orissa’ and by S.S. Strickland titled ‘Concepts of Illness and health’.
Papers from Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Includes ‘Briefing Papers’ and ‘Natural Resource Perspectives’ from ODI on subjects like labour standards, land reforms, Area development projects etc. and an IFPRI report (Volume 16, 1994).
Material on cultural related aspects. Includes a copy of paper presented titled ‘Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market’ by Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak at the IFPRI-World Bank Conference (12-14 February 1992). Also, includes a review article by Tom Brass and a chapter by Oliver Bennett titled ‘Cultural Pessimism: Narratives of Decline in the Postmodern World’.
cultural pessimism, marriage market, postmodern world
