Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 10 AUGUST NUMBER 8 1982 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik EDITORIAL BOARD Editorial Note 1 Jacob Eapen Reflections on the Present World Economic Kitty Menon Madhu Prasad Conjuncture — Sukhamoy Chakravarty 3 EDITORIAL OFFICE 424, V P House, New Delhi-110001 Class, Political and National Dimensions of the State Autonomy Movements in India CIRCULATION AND — Javeed Alam 14 ADVERTISEMENT TISCO Workers9 Struggles: 1920-1928 PBNo 116 Trivandrum-695 001 — Vinay Bahl 32 SUBSCRIPTION RATES NOTE WLAND 3 years : Rs 153 Legislating Against Fundamental Change : Land 2 years : Rs 120 Legislation in Karnataka Annual : Rs 65 — Narendar Pani 45 Half-yearly : Rs 35 Single Copy : Rs 6 BOOK REVIEW (Rs 8 in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) Missing Correct Perspective FOREIGN — Suneet Chopra 55 (Annual in U S dollars) Sea Mail : 18 COMMUNICATION Air Mail (USA and Canada) : 30 The Second Kasauli Seminar on Aesthetics (Other countries) ; 24 — MaUni Bhattacharya 64 Articles, note, review and comn nunication express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.