{"product_id":"the-emperors-mirror-the-state-n-bhaskara-rao-9789354478260","title":"The Emperor's Mirror the State of Research in India","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Independent and transparent research is vital for good governance. It can even\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esafeguard against bad governments, ' writes Dr N. Bhaskara Rao, a pioneer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein social research and countrywide surveys. In this book, backed by over five\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecades of experience, he then goes on to show how such research has declined\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein India from the golden period of the first few decades after Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe tracks the turns that social and policy research has taken over the last 70\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears-slipping from a position of rare professional integrity and credibility to a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworrying low in both role and status. The reasons, he shows-all of them interrelated-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare the preoccupation of recent political regimes with polarization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand populism, the egotism of powerful leaders, majoritarian trends in society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand politics, lack of financial independence or immoderate pursuit of profit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand corporate agendas. If this trend is not reversed, he argues, research could\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecome irrelevant and even dangerously misleading, thus undermining our wellbeing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimely, insightful, full of scores of concrete examples and informed by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eextraordinary professionalism and commitment to democracy, this is an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eessential book for everyone concerned with India and its all-round, inclusive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevelopment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e N. Bhaskara Rao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354478263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354478260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.55d","brand":"N. Bhaskara Rao","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874312106239,"sku":"9789354478260","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emperors-mirror-the-state-n-bhaskara-rao-9789354478260","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}