CONTRIBUTORS SUBHAS BHATTACHARTA teaches history at Katwa College, University of Burdwan. A V JOSE is research associate at the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. P R A DHA KRISHJVAJV is doing research in sociology at Bangalore University. B JORGE RODRIGUES, formerly teaching political science at the University of Puerto Rico, is doctoral Yellow at the University of Tork, England. KAMAL SARKAR is general secretary of the Bengal Chatkal Ma^door Union, Calcutta. KARL SCHOER is at the Institute for Sociology, Christian-Alb rechts University, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany. Paper used for printing this number has been made available by the Government of India at a concessional rate.