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Product Description: `This book addresses the concept and definition of peace, and the purpose and meaning of peace studies from a regional perspective... the book challenges the narrow approach that limits peace studies to studies of conflict resolution or conflict management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: What makes a nation a nation? A Biography of the Indian Nation contextualises this question in a uniquely new paradigm by concentrating on the post-colonial phase rather than the colonial period of Indian history in charting the evolution of Indian nationalism...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: "This is a book written with conviction and supported by well researched data. It should attract the attention of both academicians and practitioners who would like to make the world a better place to live in." --Management & Labour Studies "Bagchi's and Samaddar's work is important for several reasons...read more