Social Scientist Kerala, The Emerging Perspective: Overview of the International Congress on Kerala Studies TM Thomas Isaac / PK Michael Tharakan 3 The International Context and the Kerala Model Prabhat Patnaik 37 Kerala s Development Experience: Random Comments about the Past and Some Considerations for the Future CT Kurien 50 The Kerala Model: Its Central Tendency and the Outlier John Kurien 70 Social Functions of Religion in Pre-Capitalist Societies: The Case of Kerala Genevieve Lemercinier / Francois Houtart 91 Notes on the Making of Feminine Identity in Contemporary Kerala Society TK Ramachandran 109 BOOK REVIEWS 124 260-62