80 SOCIAL SCIENTIST
The last two sections of essays arc titled ^Development as a Social Process" and ^Perspectives in Social Sciences", and comprise such themes as the elusive nature of India's "political culture", problems of linguistic diversity and primary education in India, nature of social science research in India and the problem of valuation in social sciences.
The contributions in the volume seek to reflect the range of academic and non-academic interests of V K. R V Rao, and most of them seem to be eager to remain faithful to his original perspective. This makes it an "intimate" tribute as well. The volume also contains a biographical sketch of VKR.V Rao and an 11-page bibliography of his contributions.
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