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100			_aFrankel, Franciner R.
245		0	_aIndia's green revolution
260			_aNew jersey
260			_bPrinceton U P
260			_c1971
300			_a231p.
520			_aTHE PHRASE "green revolution" has all the qualities of a good slogan. It is catchy; it simplifies a complex reality; and most important, it carries the conviction that fundamental problems are being solved. Agriculture, it suggests, is being peacefully transformed through the quiet workings of sci ence and technology, reaping the economic gains of mod ernization while avoiding the social costs of mass upheaval and disorder usually associated with rapid change. Yet, a democratic government does well not to be per suaded by its own slogans. Indeed, there is a strong induce ment of self-interest in wanting to discover the truth. Op position parties will in any case trumpet bad news and seek to use it for their political advantage. The press will give wide publicity to all the details of any disaster.
650			_aEconomics-agricultural aspects
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