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About the Book

This book delves into the role of corporate social responsibility and panchayati raj in new dimension of rural development. It also brings together into a single compilation and analysis of the evolving rural economy and its implications on social relations contours of regional inequality socio-economic deprivation changing role of the state, corporate houses, and local self-government. This book is designed into two sections— first section deals with role of state and corporate houses in sustainable rural livelihood and food security in five chapters while second section reviews participatory approaches of panchayati raj in implementing rural development programmes in a decentralised framework in next three chapters.

About the Author

Dipali Saha, a dynamic scholar of sociology, was born in Maldah district and educated in North Bengal University (West Bengal). She was associated with several projects of ICSSR Kolkata and also worked as a lecturer in Ashutosh College in Kolkata. Presently, she is devoted in social work and associated with NGO in Siliguri of North Bengal. She has written a number of important articles in News paper and journals of national and international repute. Her first published book is Civil Society and Modern Politics.