A Gandhian Approach To Rural Development PDF Download

This book examines the economic thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi with a focus on rural development strategy. It contains an analysis of various features of Gandhian technique of village reconstruction as well as the application of the programme in the Indian context for the removal of the social evil, rural poverty and unemployment. The book has been divided into eight chapters. The first chapter is an introduction and deals with research techniques used for the study. The second chapter examines the Gandhian concept of rural development. The third chapter present the Gandhian concept of socialism and features of development of Indian rural society. The fourth chapter delineates the Gandhian concept of economics relating to Indian rural society. The fifth chapter presents an review of Gandhian techniques experienced in India during Gandhi's life time. In the sixth chapter the relevance of the Gandhian approach to rural development has been discussed. In the seventh chapter findings of the testing of Gandhian hypothesis s in selected villages have been presented. The last chapter contains summary and conclusion. Hence this book proves to be most relevant for those researchers and readers who are interested in Gandhian studies.