Psychology, Development and Social Policy in India

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tripathi, R. C. (Editor), Sinha, Yoganand (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Social policy.; General Psychology.; Social Policy.; History of Psychology.

This book examines how and where psychology can engage itself in the framing of social policies for national as well as human development in India. Although the role that psychological knowledge can play in informing social policy decisions has been discussed for a long time, psychologists by and la...