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“laxmi narayan kadekar”

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  • A Reader in Urban Sociology

    by M S A Rao, Chandrashekar Bhat, Laxmi Narayan Kadekar ...
    Our understanding of Indian social institutions has been largely based on our knowledge of village communities. While these field studies on villages are no doubt valuable, there is a danger of treating them as bases of generalizations regarding Indian society as a whole. The evolution of urban sociology as an academic discipline contributes to a fuller understanding of Indian social institutions ... Read more

    $30.00 USD

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    Economy, Politics and Society

    by Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey ...
    Series series Politics Today
    Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Now India is being feted as an economic power-house which might well become the second largest economy in the world before the middle of this century. ... Read more

    $33.00 USD

  • Modern India

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Craig Jeffrey ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes unfolding in India today. To what extent are people benefiting from the economic boom? Does caste still exist in India? How is India's culture ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Peasants and Workers in Nepal

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    by D.Snddon ...
    Series Book 1 - Surf Rangers
    The fieldwork on which this collection of essays on peasants and workers in Nepal is based was undertaken in the mid-1970s, by an international team associated with the Overseas Development Group at the University of East Anglia. The fieldwork also gave rise to several other publications, including Nepal in Crisis and The Struggle for Basic Needs in Nepal (both now re-published by Adroit ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Reinventing India

    Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and Popular Democracy

    by Stuart Corbridge, John Harriss ...
    When India was invented as a "modern" country in the years after Independence in 1947 it styled itself as a secular, federal, democratic Republic committed to an ideology of development. Nehru's India never quite fulfilled this promise, but more recently his vision of India has been challenged by two "revolts of the elites": those of economic liberalization and Hindu nationalism. These revolts ... Read more

    $31.00 USD

  • House, but No Garden

    Apartment Living in Bombay's Suburbs, 1898-1964

    by Nikhil Rao ...
    Between the well-documented development of colonial Bombay and sprawling contemporary Mumbai, a profound shift in the city’s fabric occurred: the emergence of the first suburbs and their distinctive pattern of apartment living. In House, but No Garden Nikhil Rao considers this phenomenon and its significance for South Asian urban life. It is the first book to explore an organization of the middle ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • India

    Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century

    by John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey, Trent Brown ...
    India has been catapulted to the centre of world attention. Its rapidly growing economy, new geo-political confidence, and global cultural influence have ensured that people across the world recognise India as one of the main sites of social dynamism in the early twenty-first century.In this book, research leaders John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown explore in depth the economic, social, ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India

    by Ajay Verghese ...
    Series series Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
    The neighboring north Indian districts of Jaipur and Ajmer are identical in language, geography, and religious and caste demography. But when the famous Babri Mosque in Ayodhya was destroyed in 1992, Jaipur burned while Ajmer remained peaceful; when the state clashed over low-caste affirmative action quotas in 2008, Ajmer's residents rioted while Jaipur's citizens stayed calm. What explains these ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Rival Claims

    Ethnic Violence and Territorial Autonomy under Indian Federalism

    by Bethany Ann Lacina ...
    In this study of struggles for ethnoterritorial autonomy, Bethany Lacina explains regional elites’ decision whether or not to fight for autonomy, and the central government’s response to this decision. In India, the prime minister’s respective electoral ties to separate, rival regional interests determine whether ethnoterritorial demands occur and whether they are repressed or accommodated.Using ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • The Politics of Social Exclusion in India

    Democracy at the Crossroads

    Edited by Harihar Bhattacharyya, Partha Sarkar, Angshuman Kar ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies
    Social exclusion and inclusion remain issues of fundamental importance to democracy. Both exclusion and inclusion relate to the access to participation in the public realm, public goods and services for certain groups of people who are minorities, marginalized and deprived. Democratization has led to the inclusion of the previously excluded in the political process. While the problems of exclusion ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Village Society

    by Surinder S. Jodhka ...
    Series series Readings on the Economy, Polity and Society
    This volume presents a set of readings which primarily focus on the social, political and cultural aspects of village life. A few readings discuss issues of agrarian change and the economy of rural India. A comprehensive introduction provides a detailed historical analysis of the study of rural India, the changes in rural social life, and the forces shaping life in villages today. The articles, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Social Movement in Modern India

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    by Bijendra Kumar ...
    Series Book 1 - Surf Rangers
    Social movements are change-orientated political formations, often using tactics such as direct action, with loose and informal organizational structures. They are organized around ideas which give the individuals who adhere to the movement new forms of social and political identity. The success of the feminist movement thus does not depend just on various forms of political action, but also on ... Read more

    $8.69 USD