BOOK REVIEW 67 some intractable passages. The other interesting paper, apart from Malyarov's, which should interest Indian readers is Galina Sdasyuk's "Ways and Problems of Territorial-Economic Integration", which deals with inter-regional variations in development in India. The problem of regional imbalances both between states and within states (Bihar versus Maharashtra and Telangana versus Coastal Andhra) has been an important problem in India. Earlier, simplistic 'marxisf discussions of this problem have simply attributed th^is to the law of uneven development of capitalism but Sdasyuk's paper gets out of this mould and appreciates the complexity of the problem. While suggesting that decentralized planning may to some extent alleviate these inter-regional imbalances, the author believes that the scope would be very limited, given the present administrative structures. Other essays which deal with economic themes are Adel Goryacheva's "Industrial Complexes in India", an analysis of inter-industry linkages in an input-output framework; Alexander GranoVsk/s "Import of Government Capital and Inter-Sectoral Proportions of Reproduction" which examines the impact on the economy as a whole of aid-financed public investment, and Evegenia Yurlova's "Social Aspects of Fenlale Employment". The last of these essentially presents the important issues that have been commented upon in studies on female employment in India. However, it is, surprisingly, based on far too few sources and refers to only a couple of Indian studies while in the last decade there have been several and indeed very important contributions on this subject in India. Two other essays included in this volume deal with politics in India. Erik Komarov's "The Party Structure of India: Evolution and Connection with Socio-Economic Development (1962-1980)" and Alexander Chicherov's "The Process of Formation of a New Structure of Political Power" are interesting in that they study political changes in India both in terms of the political economy of development in India and using rigorous statistical methods to measure the socio-economic content of these changes. Students of politics will find Komarov's essay of particular interest since he attempts to illustrate with charts and tables the political significance of voting patterns through various general elections since 1962. However, both essays seem to have been unduly influenced by the Janata victory of 1977 in as much as they underestimate the capacity of the Congress (I) to reassert its political hegemony and overestimate the ability of the Left parties to pose a challenge to the former. While all these essays reveal a fairly complex understanding of the Indian reality, their major weakness lies in the cumbersome and confusing style of presentation. This must largely be on account of poor translation, a problem common to most Soviet books in English, but is also on account of the language used. It is too heavily loaded with terminology that the average reader may find difficult to comprehend. This is an area in which Soviet publishers must show greater care if they wish to acquire a wider readership in India. § g