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082			_a302.3 ABI
100			_aHussain,Abid
245		0	_aVision of a good society
260			_aNew Delhi
260			_bRajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
260			_c1995
300			_a30p.
520			_aDr. Abid Hussain has explored the answers to these questions in some detail in his Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture organised and broadcast by All India Radio in October 1994. According to him, the basic features of a good and civilized society are five in number, that is, maintenance of peace and harmony. achievement of material well-being, enhancement of justice and equality, enrichment of community life with a sense of shared identity and commitment to rationality. In support of his thesis, he has cited the writings and sayings of great philosophers, religious leaders and social reformers especially from India. His conclusion is that the challenge each society faces is to harmonise these traits as some are contradictory to each other and some are prone to be pushed to the extreme. He ends on the note that civil society is a good society which is able to find a proper balance among these different attributes.
650			_aSocial change
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