Liberal Studies : a Bi-Annual Journal of School of Liberal Studies, Pdpu, Gujarat (Vol. 1, Issue 1)

ABOUT THE JOURNAL:- The Liberal Studies journal (LSJ) is trans-disciplinary in nature to create a unity of intellectual frameworks beyond the disciplinary perspectives. Each issue of the journal amalgamates research articles, expert opinions, and book reviews on various strands with an endeavour to enquire the contemporary world concerns. The Journal aims to serve as an intellectual forum for humanities, arts, and social science scholars to put forward and converse on local and global issues, both from academic and policy perspective. The main objective is to provide a platform to researchers from academia and industry to share and disseminate ideas in critical issue areas. The Journal aspires to be a leading international journal in bridging the long-standing gap in the existing social science literature dissected on disciplinary lines. Contents:- SHOULD INDIA RETAIN DEATH PENALTY? A. Prasad Fall in Line with the World Community . 7 Jyotsna Yagnik Is it the Right Time?. 15 Binod C Agarwal Further Contemplation Required . 21 Articles S.D. Muni Promoting Socio-Economic Equity in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects . 27 Uddipan Mukherjee Revolution and the Maoists . 39 Pradeep Mallik Making India Literate, Fully and Functionally . 49 Gurmeet Kanwal Rise of the Islamic State: Dangerous New Threat to Stability in Strife-torn West Asia . 67 Sanjay Kumar Pradhan South Sudan: Peace and Security Challenges . 77 Narottam Gaan Digital Age Security Threats: Challenges to IR Theories . 89 Arun Vishwanathan Understanding Nuclear Proliferation: A Theoretical Analysis. 111 Shalendra D. Sharma Bringing Politics Back In: Piketty and Economic Inequality in the United States. 121 4 Liberal Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, January-June 2016 Book Reviews Aruna Kumar Malik Red and Green: Five Decades of the Indian Maoist Movement by Manoranjan Mohanty (Kolkata: Setu Prakashani, 2015) . 135 Jasmine J. Pereira Hate Crime – Impact, Causes & Responses by Neil Chakraborti and Jon Garland, Second Edition (Sage Publications, 2015) . 139 Shubhang D. Parekh Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan (Random House: New York, 2014) . 141 Nihar Ranjan Pradhan The Chinese Constitution of Central Asia: Regional and Intertwined Actorsin International Relations by Nadine Godehardt (Palgrave, 2014) . 143 The Title 'Liberal Studies : a Bi-Annual Journal of School of Liberal Studies, Pdpu, Gujarat (Vol. 1, Issue 1) written/authored/edited by Editors: - Dr. Sitakanta Mishra, Dr. Neeta Sinha', published in the year Jan-June 2016. The ISBN 24559857 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 146 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Journal. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-