CONTRIBUTORS Dr ROBIN JEFFRET is in the department of history, Australian NationaI University. Dr S N MISHRA teaches political science in Gaya College^ Magadh University. Dr P R GO PIN A THAN NA1R is reader in economics. University of Kerala. K V NAMBIAR is chief of the Economic Division, State Planning Board, Kerala, VINCENT PAN IKULANGARA is research student at the Centre for Develop-ment Studies, Trwandrum, SHARAD PATIL is secretary, Dhulia District Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sakri, Maharashtra.