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Social Change

Published in Association with Council for Social Development

eISSN: 09763538 | ISSN: 00490857 | Current volume: 54 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly

Social Change publishes empirically-grounded analytical papers, theoretical essays and policy discussions in the field of social change and development. This multi-disciplinary, quarterly journal has a global readership among academia, social movements, NGOs and policy makers. We invite contributions from eminent thinkers and researchers as well as young, innovative writers from India and abroad.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Social Change, an interdisciplinary social science journal started in 1971, carries research papers, perspective essays and commentaries devoted to issues of social change and development in India, as well as Asia, Africa and Latin America, though not excluding relevant studies from Europe and North America. Its book reviews and review articles, covering publications from India and abroad, reflect on trends in scholarly thought in the global realm.

Even though the journal devotes considerable attention to publishing articles on the Indian development experience, it values global scholarship on social change. An international Editorial Board of eminent experts is actively involved in helping the journal to pursue its goals. Regular contributions from foreign scholars and an expanding global readership testify to this.

Sponsored by the Council for Social Development, the journal aims to analyse and assess ideas, policies and practices concerning the interests of marginalised groups. Social, economic, cultural and political dimensions of social change, especially in relation to changing conditions of social groups, are of interest to the journal. Issues of social development, especially health, education, social welfare, environment, urbanisation, migration, displacement, rural problems and human rights are particularly sought after areas. Articles on the rights of women, children, disabled, minorities, marginal farmers and unorganised workers are especially welcome. Through its periodic special thematic issues the journal attempts to capture the current state of academic discourse.

Social Change is a double-anonymised, refereed journal and seeks to maintain high standards of serious scholarship. It tries to ensure that empirically grounded contributions are theoretically informed and theoretical and policy essays are rooted in empirical evidence.

The quarterly journal, currently celebrating its Golden Jubilee, has a global readership among academia, social movements, NGOs and policymakers. Contributions are welcome from eminent thinkers and researchers as well as young, writers from India and abroad.

Editor
Riaz Ahmad Council for Social Development and University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Managing Editor
Anakshi Pal Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Book Review Editor
Susmita Mitra Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Assistant Editor
Gurmeet Kaur Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Editorial Board
Monica Bruckmann Federal Flomenance University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gopal Guru Economic & Political Weekly and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Barbara Harriss-White University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Rounaq Jahan University of Dhaka, Dhaka and Columbia University, New York, USA
Mark Juergensmeyer University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
Kalpana Kannabiran Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Manoranjan Mohanty Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Nitya Nanda Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Deepak Nayyar Council for Social Development and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Imrana Qadeer Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Ma Rong Peking University, Beijing, China
K B Saxena Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Mohamed Seedat University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Kian Tajbakhsh New York University and Columbia University, New York, USA
Jandhyala B G Tilak Council for Social Development, New Delhi, India
Virginius Xaxa University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
S Akbar Zaidi Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
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