backwardness
11backwardness — See: backward …
12backwardness — noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities • Syn: ↑retardation, ↑mental retardation, ↑slowness, ↑subnormality • Derivationally related forms: ↑subnormal (for: ↑subnormality) …
13Cultural backwardness — (Russian: культурная отсталость) was a term used by Soviet politicians and ethnographers. There were at one point officially 97 culturally backward nationalities in the Soviet Union.[1] Members of a culturally backward nationality were eligible… …
14United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution — United States in the Mexican Revolution Part of the Mexican Revolution …
15Alexander Gerschenkron — (* 1904 in Odessa, † 26 october 1978 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Russian born American economic historian and professor in Harvard, trained in the Austrian School of economics.Born in Russia, he kept to his Russian roots in his economics,… …
16Mandal Commission — The Mandal Commission was established in India in 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with a mandate to identify the socially or educationally backward. [1] It was headed by Indian parliamentarian Bindheshwari… …
17Alexander Gerschenkron — (né en 1904 à Odessa, mort le 26 octobre 1978 à Cambridge, Massachusetts) est un historien de l économie américain d origine russe. Ayant fui le bolchevisme pour Vienne en 1920, il a été formé par l école autrichienne d économie. Puis il fuit le… …
18international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
19backward — [[t]bæ̱kwə(r)d[/t]] (In American English, backward is usually used as an adverb instead of backwards. Backward is also sometimes used in this way in formal British English. See backwards for these uses.) 1) ADJ: ADJ n A backward movement or look… …
20Other Backward Class — The Central Government of India classifies some of its citizens based on their social and economic condition as Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Class (OBC). The OBC list presented by the commission is dynamic… …
