Journal of Social and Economic Development Vol. 9 July- December 2007 No. 2 Articles Individuals, Values, Inequality and Governance: Brickbats and Bouquets for Developments in Mainstream Economics — N S S Narayana 121 Children’s Working World through the Lens of Class — Anjan Chakrabarti and Anup Dhar 148 Educational Challenges in AP: Role of Teachers — K Vidyasagar 178 Competing Demand for Water in Tamil Nadu: Urbanisation, Industrialisation and Environmental Damages in the Bhavani and Noyyal Basins (1880s-2000s) — Velayutham Saravanan 199 Land Tenure, Land Use and Input Intensity in Orissa — Jyotirmayee Kar 239 Book Reviews Hinduism: A Gandhian Perspective. M V Nadkarni — Manohar Yadav 260 Local Democracy in India: Interpreting Decentralization. Girish Kumar — Anand Inbanathan 266 Management in New Age: Western Windows, Eastern Doors. Subhash Sharma — R S Deshpande 268 Poverty Mapping in Rajasthan. P C Bansil — Vidya Sagar 272 Agricultural Transformation in North - East India. M A Salem — S R Keshava 275