Economic Thoughts on Justice and Equity

Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. Intergenerational equity and neoclassical growth theory/Nirmal Chandra Sahu. 2. Justice and equity in economic thought: myth or reality/Ratan Lal Basu. 3. Economic thought on justice and equity/K. Ramachandran and N. Sekaran. 4. A theory of distributive justice: laws of inheritance, equality of opportunity and just wage differentials/Ameeta Motwani. 5. Amartya Sen's entitlement approach: conceptual dimensions and issues/Sandeep Kumar. 6. Assessing distributive policy on Sen and Rawls distributive justice concept/S.S.P. Sharma and Shiv. Persana Sharma. 7. Justice, equity and Sen's economics of human science/Tapti Sanyal. 8. Entitlements manifest empowerment in the light of Amartya Sen/Rathindra P. Sen and Paras Nath Maurya. 9. Amartya Sen's entitlement approach for economic justice/Umesh Prasad. 10. Affirmative action in U.S. and protective discrimination in India/V. Loganathan and K. Jothi Sivagnanam. 11. Justice and equity for the peasants of Jharkhand: A Swami Sahajanand Saraswati's view/Dalip Kumar and Bhawana Jha. 12. Opportunity denied: an analysis of land question in Bihar/Parmanand Singh. 13. Gandhi versus Ambedkar on justice and equity/Narendra Prasad. 14. Dalits, economic justice and equality: contributions of B.R. Ambedkar and Gandhi/S.P. Saha, Binod Kumar Chaudhary and Supriya. 15. Ambedkar's perspective on remedies against discrimination and inequalities/Sukhadeo Thorat. 16. Economic thought on justice and equity contextualizing Nehruvian economic thought: an agenda for justice and equity/V. Biju Kumar. 17. Dr. Ambedkar on economic equalities/P.C. Bhagat, Pradeep Hadke and A.R. Gajway. 18. Caste hierarchy and issue of socio-economic justice in India--a special perspective on B.R. Ambedkar/Subir Bandopadhayay. 19. Economic ideas of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar--relevance to the present new economic policy/G. Savaraiah and M. Devarajulu. 20. Economic growth and equity in the presence of environmental externalities/Ratan Kumar Ghosal. 21. Revisiting the theories of justice in economics: an appraisal/Debendra Narayan Bhatacharya. Index.

"The book 'Economic Thought on Justice and Equity' is an edited volume which includes 21 papers from renowned scholars encompassing the all major aspects of justice and equity. They attempt to analyse the emerging economic scenario of justice and equity and offer policy option in the wake of new economic era. In the pursuit for equity and social justice, the recommendations of the Mandal Commission generated a lot of heat and influenced the social fabric and political arena to a large extent." (jacket)