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Planning democracy : how a professor, an institute, and an idea shaped India / Nikhil Menon.

By: Publisher: Gurugram, Haryana, India : Penguin/Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2022Description: xxviii, 312 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780670095926
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.60954 MEN-2
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available as an e-book.
Contents:
Introduction -- I. Data: 1. A nation in numbers -- 2. Calcutta conquers Delhi -- 3. Chasing computers -- II. Democracy?: 4. Help the plan--help yourself -- 5. Salvation in service -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
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BOOKs . General Stacks 320.60954 MEN-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available 38876
BOOKs . General Stacks 320.60954 MEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available 38766

"An engaging account of independent India's intertwined experiments with planning and democracy--Niraja Gopal Jayal"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-301) and index.

Introduction -- I. Data: 1. A nation in numbers -- 2. Calcutta conquers Delhi -- 3. Chasing computers -- II. Democracy?: 4. Help the plan--help yourself -- 5. Salvation in service -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Also available as an e-book.