Critical Explorations in Social Sciences - by Praveen Jha & Sudhanshu Bhushan (Hardcover)

About the Book

Consisting of invited contributions from scholars, this book celebrates two outstanding economists and public intellectuals in contemporary India.

Book Synopsis

Consisting of invited contributions from scholars, this book celebrates two outstanding economists and public intellectuals in contemporary India, Professor Utsa Patnaik and Professor Prabhat Patnaik, who have been very well-known for their contributions to social sciences from political economy perspectives. Their theoretical and empirical contributions, with respect to a whole range of diverse themes, especially about India's economic transformation, are widely recognized, nationally and internationally; often these have been seminal in setting the terms of discourses and debates over the last few decades.

About the Author

Praveen Jha is currently holding the Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair Professor, the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Sudhanshu Bhushan is Senior Professor and Head, Department of Higher and Professional Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi.