Chapter 2Development and Its Dimensions

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

Albert Einstein

Overture

In every society since ancient times, the thrust for change has been evident. The scope of change may have been modest in the past, and the manner of achieving change may have been crude, but the urge for making improvements in society was always there. Rulers of different complexion and persuasion—despotic or benevolent, autocratic or democratic—generally have been concerned ...

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