About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

40 Soc. Change vii (2010)

handle is hein.journals/sclcnge40 and id is 1 raw text is: Editor's Introduction Social Change 40(1) vii-viii © CSD 2010 SAGE Publications Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC DOI: 10.1177/004908570904000101 http://socialchange.sagepub.com @SAGE With this issue Social Change, the quarterly journal of the Council for Social Devel- opment passes a mile-stone in its 40 year history with SAGE Publications undertaking the responsibility for its publication. Through this step we hope to reach out to a wider readership throughout India and in many parts of the world with a higher quality of production and more efficient distribution. Social Change, however, will continue to be a journal dedicated to the goals of the Council and its founder, Durgabai Deshmukh whose birth centenary was celebrated in 2009, namely to engage in discourses on social development from the vantage point of the marginalised sections of society. The journal has already got the reputation of being an important forum for publishing findings of action research, reports on policy imple- mentation, critical perspectives on policy proposals in addition to original theoretical essays on issues of social change and development. Articles on the conditions of the dalits (scheduled castes), adivasis (scheduled tribes), backward classes, farmers, unorganized labor, women, children, religious minorities, disadvantaged ethnic groups especially in the areas such as health, education, rural development and social move- ments reflecting the ground level experience that maintain analytical rigour and conceptual clarity will continue to find their place in the pages of this journal. Empiri- cal studies which seriously seek explanation for their findings and present insights by taking into account comparative studies on such issues have greater value than merely reporting the survey results. The journal will continue to attempt to bridge the gap between empirical studies and theoretical work for only then can we make sense of both abstract formulations and concrete findings. This journal has encouraged policy debates and exchange of ideas on critical issues of our time. The standard academic format has often inhibited such debates and discussions. The culture of the action research center that Council for Social Develop- ment (CSD) represents clearly does not fall into the standard academic exercises. Its intellectual norms purposely overcome such constraints. Even though the articles of Social Change are peer reviewed for maintaining the strict standards of scholarship, all the articles, commentaries, reviews and notes should be creative products of lively and sensitive scholars, thinkers, policy makers and other social actors, young and old. CSD's activities, including its journal, address the policy makers, the social move- ments and the academia with new ideas, perspectives and proposals. Backed by solid evidence and sound reasoning such writings should make some contribution to the process of thinking and action on social development.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most