National Workshop on Urban History of Bangalore: A REPORT
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Strengthening Cow Unity Organization through Third Generation Workers' Organizations: PROSPECTS AND POTENTIALS
There has been 'a progression and regression effect' on trade unions and workers organizations over past 5-7 years. 'Organization of the unorganized is a milestone progression. Unionization of agricultural workers, artificial gem cutters, quarry workers etc in Tamilnadu are examples for these progression trends. Outcomes such as formation of a Board for the un-organized workers by the Government in Tam ilnadu and involvement of ILO in bonded labor concerns are indicators for taking this progression, forward. On the other hand, the key areas of recession related to rights of workers are many and the paper discusses them in detail. The proposition of 'third generation workers organizations' is an option for balancing the progression and recession trends. The first step is to categorize unorganized work sectors that have initiated the process of getting organized. The second step is identifying issues, which can form the primary base for the re organization process. The third step is to identity the root causes for 'anti worker' conditions such as compulsory labor and decent work deficit, which is now prevalent in the system. This would form the secondary base for the organization. The proposition of third generation workers organization is an integrated developmental process. It is not a single activity governed by 'One cause and one solution'. It is located in the total development context of the community. 'Anti worker' conditions such as deficit in decent work, bondedness including child labor etc are symptoms of failure of the larger systems. Structural defaults produce these manifestations. They are not the problems in themselves. Causes are multiple. Treatment of the causes should be integrated and based on the ' total system treatmen' approach.
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Influence of Sex and Age on Job Satisfaction of Teachers Working in Government and Private Schools
The present study reports Job Satisfaction (JS) of male and female teachers with different levels of age working in government and private secondary schools. Teachers' Job Satisfaction Scale developed by Sudha and Sathyanarayana (1981) was employed to study JS. Results revealed that there was no difference in JS of teachers working in different school types. However, sex and age significantly influenced the JS of the teachers. Also female teachers were found to have higher JS compared to male teachers.
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2003): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 45-52
Stress and Burnout in Teachers Handling Children with Learning Disabilities
The present study was designed to explore the incidence of stress and burnout in teachers of children with learning disabilities (LD). It also attempted to investigate the effect of - (a) age of the teachers, (b) special training and (c) years of experience in teaching LD children on the stress level of these teachers. The sample for the present study included 44 female teachers from various institutions for children with learning disabilities in Bangalore. Stress & burnout level in teachers was assessed through a semi-structured interview schedule, Teacher Stress Scale (modified Wilson Stress Profile for Teachers, 1979) and Burnout Inventory (Maslach's Burnout Inventory, 1981). Both qualitative and quantitative analyses were made. The results revealed that of the total 44 teachers, 45.45 percent (20 of them) experienced moderate level of stress and only 2.27 percent (one teacher) experienced high level of stress. The results also revealed that age did not have a significant effect on the nature of stress, stress management and burnout level. It was seen that there is on effect of special training in teaching children with learning disabilities on the nature of stress, stress management & burnout level in terms of managing students in the class. There was a significant difference in the stress and burnout level in teachers with regard to years of experience. It was also found that emotional exhaustion was significantly higher among teachers who reported moderate level of stress as compared to teachers reporting low level of stress. A qualitative analysis of the interview data suggests that there is a significant amount of denial in the teachers, in terms of their rating on the level of stress experienced by them.
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2003): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 32-44
Economic Reforms in China: WHAT LESSONS FOR INDIA?
China started its market oriented reform process in 1978. Reforms have covered all major sectors of the economy including agriculture, industry, finance, international trade and investment. The major characteristics of reforms are managerial autonomy, decentralized decision-making and the opening up of the economy. Reforms have resulted in higher productivity and higher economic growth. China became the fastest growing economy of the world through the reform process. The entry into the WTO will further deepen the reforms. Recent years have witnessed dramatic rise in. India's interest in China, mainly because of the poor performance of Indian economy as compared to China. India has lot of lessons tofearn from China's reform process. Some of the lessons are: (i) India should give emphasis on agricultural sector which has been neglected so far in the reform process, (ii) efforts should be made to attract more FDI, (iii) trade should be liberalized more removing restrictions so as to integrate the economy with the world economy, and, (iv) attention should be patd-towards the development of high quality infrastructure. Precisely, India should push her second-generation reforms forward to catch up with China. Key Words: China, Economic Reforms, Productivity, State Owned Enterprises, Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth.
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Venture Capital: SUCCESS FACTOR FOR BUSINESS IDEAS
This article tries to give a comprehensive meaning to the concept of venture capital by taking into account all relevant aspects associated with it. Secondly the origin, growth and development of modern concept of venture capital around the world are being discussed. Thirdly, the present status of venture capital scenario explains about the trends and tendencies happening around the world. Finally the role of venture capital in promoting the economic development, a brief discussion on the impact of venture capital on the economy and the article concludes with the future trend.
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Some Observations on the Middle Palaeolithic Culture in North-Western Karnataka with Special Reference to the Site of Kovalli
The Middle Palaeolithic culture has been widely distributed in the Ghataprabha basin, obtained from 113 sites. The majority of the sites are concentrated in the middle and lower reaches of the river Ghataprabha and the assemblage is comprised of scrapers of various types, points, borers and scraper cum borer and borer cum points. The studies conducted at the site Kovalli which lies in the lower reaches of Ghataprabha suggest that the Kovalli assemblage can be categorized as mixture of Middle Palaeolithic and late Middle Palaeolithic. It can be categorized as “advanced” Middle Palaeolithic.
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 11 No. 3 (2012): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 119-135
The Question of “Identities”: Separate State Movements in Karnataka with Special Reference to Coorg
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The rich and famous have looked down upon history for most of the 20th century. In 1916, the pioneer car manufacturer, Henry Ford, declared „History is bunk‟ because it‟s an unwanted vestige of tradition. On the other hand, in 2005, Thomas Friedman, thought the past was overloaded with memories, these remembrances were the assassins of dreams and any society with more memories than dreams was destined to decay. Contrary to this, we argue here that history has four distinct uses, it is an aesthetic guide and moral teacher like biographies, it has a utilitarian value as a rear view mirror, it is a political device to legitimise nations and it is one epistemological tool to understand society.KeywHistoriography; Historical ords: History; thinking
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A Spatial Analysis of Human Development and the Level of Women Empowerment in the Karnataka State
The present investigation aims at analyzing the regional disparities in the levels of Human development and finding out the relationship between the Human development and the level of women empowerment in the Karnataka state. Five variables namely; Female Literacy rate to total literacy rate, Sex ratio, Child sex ratio, working female Population to total working population and Total crime against women have been taken into consideration to assess the levels of women empowerment of the state. District wise secondary data has been collected from census and the Karnataka State human development report. The Composite index method has been computed to ascertain the level of women empowerment, which is depicted in choropleth map, and the correlation co-efficient, is used to find out the relationship between Human development index and the level of women empowerment. The analysis reveals that the southern and coastal parts of Karnataka have a higher share of human development index and higher level of women empowerment. The study also reveals that there is a positive relationship between human development and the level of women empowerment in the state.
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