Applied social psychology in India / edited by Girishwar Misra.

Foreword - S C Dube Introduction - Girishwar MisraApplied Social Psychology in India - D Sinha Society, Ecology and Competence - R C Mishra Social Psychological Aspects of Languages in Contact in Multilingual Societies - Ajit K MohantyPlanning for Poverty Reduction in India - A C MinochaSocial Perspectives on Causal Attribution - Uday Jain Psychology of Deprivation - Girishwar Misra Poverty and Human Development - T S Saraswati and Ranjana Dutta Socialization of Girls Among the Urban and Rural Poor Role of Psychology in National Development - J B P Sinha The Challenge of Achievement - Rekha Singhal and Girishwar MisraDevelopment and Social Tensions - K S ShuklaMarginalization and Social Mobility in Urban India - Nandu Ram Political Psychology - Raj Narain Experience and Consequences of Crowding - Uday Jain and Girishwar Misra Population Research - R K Verma Applied Social Psychology in India - Girishwar Misra, Uday Jain and S Bhargava Challenges and Possibilities

Responding to renewed interest in applications for understanding important and urgent social problems, the essays in this volume highlight diverse issues and concepts using Indian models which have a direct bearing on national development.