Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India

R. C. Tripathi (PhD, Michigan) is former Professor in Psychology, University of Allahabad, India and former Director, G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, India. He has been on the boards of many apex higher education bodies in India, including the University Grants Commission and the Indian Council of Social Science Research. Among his publications are Expanding Horizons of Mind Science/s (with P.N. Tandon and N. Srinivasan); Norm Violation and Intergroup Relations (with R. DeRidder); and Psychology in Human and Social Development (with J.W. Berry and R.C. Mishra). He is the Editor of Psychology and Developing Societies, an international journal published by SAGE. Yoganand Sinha is Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Allahabad, India and has been involved in the development and teaching of programmes of the psychology of social change and national development; and also of Human Resource Development and Management. He is an HR consultant and serves on the boards of HR firms. An avid bird photographer, he has recently published a book on birds at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Psychological Coordinates of Social Policy in India.- Chapter 2: Social Research and Public Policy.- Chapter 3: Psychology and National Development.- Chapter 4: Human Development: Concept and Strategy.- Chapter 5: Education: Path to Development and Happiness in Rural India?.- Chapter 6: Language Policy and Education: Towards Multilingual Education.- Chapter 7: Learning Disability: Issues and Concerns with Implications for Social Policy.- Chapter 8: Social Policy and Mental Health: The Case of India.- Chapter 9: Psychology and Physical Disability Policies.- Chapter 10: Relevance of Traditional Healing and Health Care Practices in India.- Chapter 11: Psychological Impact of Poverty and Socio-Cultural Disadvantage: Some Problems of Policy and Intervention Research.- Chapter 12: Research on Distributive Justice: Implications for Social Policy.- Chapter 13: The Hindu-Muslim Divide: Building Sustainable Bridges.- Chapter 14: Gender Role Transformation and its Implication for Culture and Policy.- Chapter 15: The Environment-Behaviour link: Challenges for Policy Makers.

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