Rural leadership in the context of India's modernization
- New Delhi Vikas Pub. 1978
- 151p.
In this study of rural leadership in Bihar, the author has explored the extent to which changes in the economic, political and social conditions in a modernizing society result in corresponding changes in the attitudes and values of rural leadership.
Data on the leadership patterns in sixteen representative villages have been analyzed in terms of the conflict between tradition and modernity in rural India. The author has divided his sample into "pro-change" leaders and others, the former being measured with the help of four scales.
Bihar has often been described as a backward state because of the traditional values upheld by its people. The author contradicts this theory by his findings, thereby offering an illuminating illustration of the common sense used by the rural people in tackling contem porary issues.