Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 12 JULY NUMBER 7 1984 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik EDITORIAL BOARD Editorial Note 1 MJK Thavaraj _, _ ,. . , _ Jacob Eapen the Resurgence of Political Economy Kitty Menon — Krishna Bharadwaj 3 Madhu Prasad The Concept of Asiatic mode of Production: Its EDITORIAL OFFICE Relevance to Indian History 424. V P House, ,, y y ^ . „/; New Delhi-110001 -MJK Thavaraj 26 CIRCULATION ANH Small Enterprises and the Crisis in Indian Develop- ADVERTISEMENT ^^t 24/1212. Mettukkada, — Nasir Tyabji 35 Trivandrum-695 014 NOTES SUBSCRIPTION RATES INLAND Class and Caste Differences Among the Lambadas in 3 years : Rs 150 Andhra Pradesh 1 years : Rs 120 T-» oi i r^ • T» ^ -j A'7 Annual : Rs 65 - B Shyamala Devi Rattord 47 (Students: Rs 50) _ . „. . r> » -•• •n»^*. Half-vcarlv • Rs 35 Dynamics of Agrarian Relations in Sultanpur Single copy : Rs 6 Eastern Uttar Pradesh — Ram Subas 57 FOREIGN (Annual in US dollars) Sea Mail : 18 BOOK REVIEW (USA and Canada^To The world Economic Crisis (Other countries) : 24 — Kulwant Sing Rana 64 Articles, notes and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School Social Sciences'