Social ^ Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 10 DECEMBER NUMBER 12 1982 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik Editorial Note 1 On the Economic Role of the State under State EDITORIAL BOARD M J K Thavaraj Jacob Eapen Kitty Menon Monopoly Capitalism — Amal Sanyal 3 Tribalism vs. Colonialism: British Capitalistic Madhu Prasad Intervention and Transformation of Primitive Economy of Arunachal Pradesh in Nineteenth EDITORIAL OFFICE Century 424, V P House, — Sudatta Sikdar 15 New'Dethi-llOOOl Some Recent Trends in the Indian Economy — B Uday Shapkar 32 CIRCULATION AND NOTES ADVERTISEMENT PBNo 116 The Politics of Dependent Capitalism Trivahdrum-695 001 — Princy Dharmaratne 40 What Bihar Press Bill Means SUBSCRIPTION RATES — Chittaranjan Alva 47 INLAND 3 years : Rs 150 Hospital and Other Institutions (Settlement of 2 years : Rs 120 Disputes) Bill, 1982 Annual : Rs 65 •— MP 57 Half-yearly : Rs 35 COMMUNICATION Single Copy : Rs 6 The Indian National Question: Need for Deeper FOREIGN Study (Annual in U S dollars) — E M S Namboodiripad 61 Sea Mail : 18 BOOK REVIEW Air Mail (USA and Canada) : 30 At the Bottom of Indian Society (Other countries) : 24 — Jyoti Gupta 70 Articles, Notes, communication, and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences