Twelve papers are included, most of which were presented at a workshop in New Delhi,
India in 1993 to examine the relationships between female schooling and fertility change in …

Why are some former colonies more democratic than others? The British Empire has been
singled out in the debates on colonialism for its benign influence on democracy. Much of this …

This article explores the influence of Protestant missionaries on male–female educational
inequalities in colonial India. Causal mechanisms drawn from the sociology and economics …

Are there existing alternatives to corporate globalization? What are the prospects for and
commonalities between communities and movements such as Occupy, the World Social …

Due to the difficulties involved in obtaining data, especially on a nation-wide basis, statistical
studies of domestic violence have been limited. This is particularly true for developing …

Abstract Kerala State, India has received global attention in its response to the Covid-19
pandemic. Its response effectively attended to the health pandemic and focussed on …

September 2000, Vol. 90, No. 9 1370 American Journal of Public Health view of general
improvements in health indicators in India during the past 50 years. Mayer suggests that the …

It is commonly observed that levels of economic development tend to be roughly correlated
with levels of social development in countries throughout the world. This observable cross …

An important policy prescription for improving the status of women in India is to improve their
educational attainment. Human capital theory suggests that education and training are …

The primary goal of this qualitative case study was to investigate the nature of holistic
thinking in the context of an asynchronous computer conference. Holistic thinking was …