Remembering G.K. Moopanar

by Ganapathi Palanithurai

Overview

Lexicon on Geography of Development attaches core significance on study of spatial differentiation of land domain operated through flux and flow of scale division of labour and capital respectively. This triad of land, people and economy involves space-time dimensions, the geo-historic specifities of which itself brings an aggregate production function and the latter being forward-looking imagines betterment which when takes place becomes a reality over an area in terms of spatial development. It is this spatial reality at any point of time which yields spatial transitivity in geography's scales of spatial differentiation : local, regional and international. This book has been about the "development" in the context of underdevelopment of land, economy and society of countries of the South as compared to the capitalist economy of countries of the North. This framework gives an impetus to the author to work on a new strand to development, as the author aims to stretch in geography into geography and political economy-all knit together nicely to which the author has called geographical historiography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789355941848
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	489
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Prof. Ganapathi Palanithurai, Coordinator in Rajiv Gandhi Chair, Department of Political Science and Development Administration, in Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu. He is also associated with Centre Planning Commission, State Planning Commission of Tamil Nadu, Population Foundation of India, Ford Foundation, UNICEF, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, CAPART, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment and DAN I DA (Danish-lndo Development Agency) in specific areas of activities in connection with empowerment of people. Prof. Palanithurai has to his credit fifty eight books and one hundred and twenty seven articles on three major areas, namely, legislative behaviour, ethnicity and Panchayati Raj System. He was recipient of Fellowship from Shastri lndo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi and World Academy of Art and Science, USA. He is the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Council for Sustainable Livelihoods. He was a visiting fellow in the McGill University, Canada in 1989. He is a member of the expert committee constituted by the Government of Tamil Nadu to monitor the training programme for local body leaders.