Readings in Indian sociology
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Readings in Indian sociology
Sage, 2014
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Readings in Indian Sociology, a 10-volume series, is a collection of rare and invaluable essays on Indian sociology published over the years in the Sociological Bulletin, the oldest sociology journal in India, published by the Indian Sociological Society (ISS). The various issues of the journal are a treasure trove of the most profound and authentic sociological writings and research, and this series brings to fore some such writings to the notice of the sociological community in India and elsewhere.
The series focuses on Sociological Theory; Untouchability, Sociology of Dalits; Rural Society in India; Sociology of Science and Technology in India; Sociology of Childhood and Youth; Sociology of Health; Sociology of Environment in India; Political Sociology of India; Cultural Dimensions of Society in India and Pioneers of Sociology in India.
This series, the third by ISS, marks completion of 60 years of the Society. Their earlier series, also published by SAGE India, include Studies in Indian Sociology (2012) and Themes in Indian Sociology (2001-05).
The volumes in this set include:
Volume I: Towards Sociology of Dalits
Volume edited by Paramjit S Judge
Volume II: Sociological Probings in Rural Society
Volume edited by K L Sharma
Volume III: Sociology of Childhood and Youth
Volume edited by Bula Bhadra
Volume IV: Sociology of Health
Volume edited by Madhu Nagla
Volume V: Contributions to Sociological Theory
Volume edited by Vinay Kumar Srivastava
Volume VI: Sociology of Science and Technology in India
Volume edited by Binay Kumar Pattnaik
Volume VII: Sociology of Environment
Volume edited by Sukant K Chaudhury
Volume VIII: Political Sociology of India
Volume edited by Anand Kumar
Volume IX: Culture and Society
Volume edited by Susan Visvanathan
Volume X: Pioneers of Sociology in India
Volume edited by Ishwar Modi
Table of Contents
VOLUME I: TOWARDS SOCIOLOGY OF DALITS
Series Note
Foreword - Prakash N Pimpley
Preface
Introduction - Paramjit S Judge
I: STATE OF DALIT STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY
Situating Dalits in Indian Sociology - Vivek Kumar
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Nation : Situating G.S. Ghurye - T K Oommen
II: CASTE, UNTOUCHABILITY AND EXCLUSION
Untouchability as a Social Problem: Theory and Research - R D Lamber
Untouchability: A Myth or Reality: A Study of Interaction between Scheduled Castes and Brahmins in a Western U. P. Village - S S Sharma
Scheduled Castes and Urbanization in Punjab: An Explanation - Victor S D'Souza
The Khatiks of Kanpur and the Bristle Trade: Towards an Anthropology of Man and Beast - Maren Bellwinkel-Schempp
III: MAPPING CONFLICT
Dalit Struggle, Nude Worship, and the 'Chandragutti Incident' - Linda J Epp
Psychological Conflict between Harijans and Upper Middle Class Caste Hindus: A Study in Andhra Pradesh (India) - Venkateswarlu Dollu
IV: INTERROGATING CHANGE: THEORY AND PRACTICE
Reservations and the Sanskritisation of Scheduled Castes: Some Theoretical Aspects - Gopal Guru
Purity, Impurity, Untouchability: Then and Now - A M Shah
Stigma Goes Backstage: Reservation in Jobs and Education - Tulsi Patel
VOLUME II: SOCIOLOGICAL PROBINGS IN RURAL SOCIETY
Series Note
Foreword - Prof Yogendra Singh
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction - K L Sharma
I: RURAL SOCIETY AND RURAL-URBAN RELATIONS
Rural Sociology: It's Need in India - A R Desai
Symposium on Rural Urban-Relations: The Industrialization and Urbanization of Rural Areas - M N Srinivas
Modernization and the Urban-Rural Gap In India: An Analysis - N R Sheth
'Fringe' Society and the Folk-Urban Continuum - M S A Rao
Rural Family Patterns: A Study In Urban-Rural Relations - K M Kapadia
II: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN RURAL INDIA
Measurement of Rigidity - Fluidity Dimension of Social Stratification in Six Indian Villages - Victor S D'souza
Bhadralok and Chhotolok in a Rural Area of West Bengal - Surajit Sinha and Ranjit Bhattacharya
Caste System in Contemporary Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages - Gaurang Ranjan Sahay
Power Elite in Rural India: Some Questions and Clarifications - K L Sharma
Social Stratification and Institutional Change in a Gujarat Village - K C Panchanadikar and J Panchanadikar
III: VILLAGE PROFILES
Chokhala - An Intervillage Organization of a Caste in Rajasthan - Brij Raj Chauhan
Modernization and Changing Fertility Behaviour: A Study in a Rajasthan Village - Tulsi Patel
Ideology, Power and Resistance in a South Indian Village - N Sudhakar Rao
Voices from the Earth: Work and Food Production in a Punjabi Village - Radhika Chopra
IV: RELIGION AND RITUALS
Public Shrines and Private Interests: The Symbolism of the Village Temple - Ursula Sharma
A Study of Customs in Rural Mysore - K N Venkatarayappa
Ritual Circles in a Mysore Village - Gurumurthy K Gowdra
V: SOCIAL CHANGE IN RURAL INDIA
Study of Social Change in Independent Rural India: Critical Issues for Analyses in the Fourth Decade of Independence - H S Verma
Downward Social Mobility: Some Observations - K L Sharma
Dimensions of Agrarian Structure and Change: Issues in Theory - Pradip Kumar Bose
VOLUME III: SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
Series Note
Foreword - K L Sharma
Preface
Introduction - Bula Bhadra
I: CHILD AND CHILDHOOD
Social Class and Educational Aspirations in an Indian Metropolis - Vimal P Shah, Tara Patel and William H Sewel
Education and the Emerging Patterns of Political Orientations: A Sociological Analysis - Ehsanul Haq
Adolescent Thieves and Differential Association - K S Shukla
Culture and Fertility: Son Preference and Reproductive Behaviour - Ashesh Das Gupta
Sex Preference and Contraceptive Use in Manipur - L Ladusingh, N Minita Devi and Kh Jitenkumar Singh
Disappearing Daughters and Intensification of Gender Bias: Evidence from Two Village Studies in South India - T V Sekher and Neelambar Hatti
II: YOUNG AND YOUTH
The Attitudes to English and the Use of It by Students of Three Different Mother Tongues: Hindi, Kannada and Tamil - Aileen D Ross and Suraj Bandopadhyay
Perception of the Female Role by Indian College Students - Khadlid Ahmed Kazi and Rehana Ghadially
Social Class and Occupational Aspirations of College Students - Ambarao T Uplaonkar
Youth Aspirations vis-a-vis National Development - Narsi Patel
The Use Psychotropic Drugs Among College Youth in India: An Appraisal - Prabha Unnithan, D R Singh and M Z Khan
Problems of the Youth of North-East India: A Sociological Inquiry - A K Nongkynrih
Youth in Techno Global World: Predicament and Choices - Rajesh Gill
VOLUME IV: SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH
Series Note
Foreword - Yogendra Singh
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction - Madhu Nagla
Sociological Inroads into Medicine: A Tribute to Aneeta A. Minocha (1943-2007) - Ruby Bhardwaj
Food: The Immanent Cause from Outside - Medical Lore on Food and Health in Village Tamil Nadu - V Sujatha
State Sponsored Health Care in Rural Uttar Pradesh: Grassroots Encounters of a Survey Researcher - Rajiv Balakrishnan
Gram Panchayat and Health Care Delivery in Himachal Pradesh - Sthitapragyan Ray
Occupational Attitudes of Physicians - A. Ramanamma and Usha Bambawale
The System of Hope: The Constitution of Identity in Medical Institutions - Roma Chatterji
Voice of Illness and Voice of Medicine in Doctor-Patient Interaction - Matthew George
Narratives of Sickness and Suffering: A Study of Malaria in South Gujarat - Purendra Prasad
Caste Variations in Reproductive Health Status of Women: A Study of Three Eastern States - Papia Raj and Aditya Raj
Informal Social Netwroks, Sonography and Female Foeticide in India - Tulsi Patel
Perception and Work Ethos of Medical Experts Dealing with Infertile Couples: A Study in Medical Sociology - Bela Kothari
'Correcting' the Reproductive 'Impairment': Infertility Treatment Seeking Experiences of Low Income Group Women in Mumbai Slums - Meghana Joshi
Risk Culture, Propertied Classes, and Dynamics of a Region: A Study of HIV/AIDS in East Godavari District (Andhra Pradesh) - Asima Jena and N Purendra Prasad
Addressing the Rights of HIV-Positive Women: A Comparative Study of Civil Society Activism in Karnataka and West Bengal - Skylab Sahu
Prison Inmate Awareness of HIV and AIDS in Durban, South Africa - Shanta Singh
Medicalisation of Mental Disorder: Shifting Epistemologies and Beyond - Tina Chakravarty
'Indigenisation' not 'Indianisation' of Psychiatry: An Anthropological Perspective - Renu Addlakha
VOLUME V: CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Series Note
Preface
Introduction - Vinay Kumar Srivastava
I: ON CONCEPTS AND METHODS
Newness in Sociological Enquiry - Andre Beteille
Paradigms and Discourses: New Frontiers in the Sociology of Knowledge - Dipankar Gupta
Relevance of the Marxist Approach to the Study of Indian Society - A R Desai
Altruistic Suicide: A Subjective Approach - Lung-Chang Young
Rational Social Action as a Basis for Creative Comparison - Prakash N Pimpley
Feminist Social Theories: Theme and Variations - Beatrice Kachuk
Social Structure - M N Srinivas
II: ON SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS
Vidyas: A Homage to Auguste Comte - G S Ghurye
Max Weber's Theory of Social Stratification: Controversies, Contexts and Correctives - Rajendra Pandey
Malinowski on Freedom and Civilization - Vinay Kumar Srivastava
Some Reflections on Karl Popper's Theory of Social Explanation - Goutam Biswas
Computer Simulation and Mannheim's Concept of Perspectivism - P N Rastogi
Outsider Bias and Ethnocentricity: The Case of Gunnar Myrdal - Susantha Goonatillake
Robert Merton's Formulations in Sociology of Science - Pravin J Patel
Bourdieu's Theory of the Symbolic and the Shah Bano Case - Sheena Jain
VOLUME VI: SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA
Series Note
Foreward - Haribabu Ejnavarzala
Preface
Introduction - Binay Kumar Pattnaik
I: ROLE OF SCIENCE (THEORETICAL)
The Role of Science in Modern Society - N A Mavalankar
Robert Merton's Formulations in Sociology of Science - Pravin J Patel
II: SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
The Emergence of the Indian Scientific Community - V V Krishna
A Large Community but Few Peers: A study of Scientific Community in India - E Haribabu
III: SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY
Scientific Productivity: Sociological Explorations in Indian Academic Science - Binay K Pattnaik
Scientific Goods & Their Markets - Kamini Adhikari
Scientific Knowledge in India: From Public Resource to Intellectual Property - E Haribabu
IV: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(i) Modern S&T
Science and Social Change: Emergence of Dual Society in India - V K R V Rao
Is Kerala Becoming a Knowledge Society? Evidence from the Scientific Community - R Sooryamurthy & Wesley Shrum
Green Revolution Technologies & Dry Land Agriculture - Gurdeep Singh Aurora
(ii) Traditional S&T and Involvement of Civil Society
Traditional Potters & Technical Change in North Indian Town - Geeta Jayram Sodhi
People's Science: A perspective from Voluntary Sector - Vithal Rajan
VOLUME VII: SOCIOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENT
Series Note
Preface
Introduction - Sukant K Chaudhury
I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
A Demographic Approach To The Study Of Urban Ecology - A Bopegamage
Bombay: A study in Urban Demography and Ecology - C Rajagopalan
Ecology and Development in India: A Field and its Future - Amita Bhaviskar
Towards a More Meaningful Study of Ecology, Society and Culture - Indra Deva
'Environment' in Sociological Theory - Indra Munshi
II: ENVIRONMENT AND DISPLACEMENT
Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups - Ranjit Dwivedi
Displacement, Rehabilitation & Resettlement: The case of Maldhari Families of Gir Forest - Varsha Ganguly
Coping with Development Pathologies: Resistance to Displacement - T K Oomen
They are All Set to Dam(n) Our Future': Contested Development through Hydel Power in Democratic Sikkim - Vibha Arora
Revisiting the Baliraja Dam Struggle: A Study of an Environmental Movement in Maharashtra - Satyapriya Rout
III: FOREST AND WATER ISSUES
Social and Ecological Drift of a Planned Centre: A study of Rourkela, Orissa - Rajkishor Meher
How Effective are 'pani panchayats?: A Field Work from Maharastra - Manish K Thakur and Binay K Pattnaik
Vosaad: The Sociocultural Force of Water: (A Study from Goa) - Bernadette Maria Games
Forest Legislations And Livelihood Strategies: Khasi Women in Rural Meghalaya - Rekha M Shangpliang
VOLUME VIII: POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF INDIA
Series Note
Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction - Anand Kumar
I: The Conceptual Aspects
Caste and Class : Some Aspects of Continuity and Change - Yogendra Singh
Hierarchical and Competitive Inequality - Andre Beteille
Caste and Class: Some Aspects of Continuity and Change - Yogendra Singh
Sociological Issues in the Analysis of Social Movements in Independent India - T K Oommen
Movements of Protest, Construction of Centres and State Formation in India and Europe - S N Eisenstadt and Harriet Hartman
The Indian State in Crisis ? Nationalism and Nation-Building - Partha N Mukherji
II: INSTITUTIONS
The Panchayati Raj and the Democratic Policy - Brij Raj Chauhan
The Politics of Survival: Peasant Organizations and the Left-Wing in India, 1925-46 - D N Dhanagare
Trade Unions in India-A Sociological Approach - N R Sheth
Civil Society, State and Democracy: Lessons for India - P K B Nayar
Democracy and Leadership: The Gendered Voice in Politics - Sujata D Hazarika
III: PROCESSES
Meaning and Process of Tribal Integration in a Democratic Society - B K Roy Burman
Landholding Pattern and Power-Relations in a Mysore Village - C Parvathamma
Meaning and Process of Tribal Integration in a Democratic Society - B K Roy Burman
The Mid-Term Poll in a Village in Outer Delhi Constituency - M S A Rao
The Indian State in Crisis? Nationalism and Nation-Building - Partha N Mukherji
Nation-State and Open Systems of Stratification: Making Room for the 'Politics of Commitment' - Dipankar Gupta
Understanding the Modern Dalit Movement - John C B Webster
Assertive Identities, Indigeneity, and the Politics of Recognition as a Tribe: The Bhutias, the Lepchas and the Limbus of Sikkim - Vibha Arora
IV: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
Relevance of the Marxist Approach to the Study of Indian Society - A R Desai
Co-operatives and Castes in Maharashtra: A Case Study - B S Baviskar
Power Elite in Rural India: Some Questions and Clarifications - K L Sharma
Education and the Emerging Patterns of Political Orientations: A Sociological Analysis - Ehsanul Haq
Studying Communal Riots in India: Some Methodological Issues - Vinod K Jairath
VOLUME IX: CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Series Note
Preface
Introduction - Susan Visvanathan
G.S. Ghurye on Culture and Nation-Building - C N Venugopal
Cultural Pluralism and National Cohesion: Issues and Prospects - Sally Falk Moore
Outsiders as Insiders: The Phenomenon of Sandwich Culture - Yogesh Atal
Interrogating Tibetan Exilic Culture: Issues and Concerns - Sudeep Basu
The Significance of Culture in the Understanding of Social Change in Contemporary India - Yogendra Singh
Cultural Integration and Changing Values : A Study of Value System of Educated Youth - Yogendra Singh
Towards a More Meaningful Study of Ecology, Society and Culture - Indra Deva
Vosaad: The Socio-Cultural Force of Water : A Study from Goa - Bernadette Maria Gomes
Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-a-vis Agrarian Mobilisation: The Case of Bharatiya Kisan Union - Gaurang R Sahay
A Sociology for Happiness: Beyond Western versus Non-Western Perspectives - Kenji Kosaka
Leisure and Social Transformation - Ishwar Modi
Cultural Nationalism in a Multi-National Context: The Case of India - Subrat K Nanda
Education, Social Structure and Culture - Asoke Basu
Towards a Cultural Policy in India: A Socio-Cultural Perspective Victor - S D'Souza
Understanding Popular Culture: The Satyashodhak and Ganesh Mela in Maharashtra - Sharmila Rege
Sociological Research on Films - Akalanka Jindal
The Return Migrant in Cinema: The Idealist and the Sceptic - Moutushi Mukherjee
Cultural Invasion from the Sky: Hinduisation of Indian Television? - Binod C Agrawal
The Cartoon of a Bengali Lady Clerk: A Repertoire of Sociological Data - Dalia Chakrabarti
Race Relations, Ethnicity, Class and Culture : A comparison of Undians in Trinidad and Malaysia - Ravindra K Jain
VOLUME X: PIONEERS OF SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA
Series Note
Foreword - Yogendra Singh
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Ishwar Modi
Historical Evolutionary Approach in the Sociology of G. S. Ghurye - Swapan Kumar Pramanick
G.S. Ghurye on Culture and Nation-Building - C N Venugopal
The Hindu Nationalist Sociology of G.S. Ghurye - Carol Upadhya
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Nation: Situating G. S. Ghurye - T K Oommen
Radha Kamal Mukerjee - A Note - Ramkrishna Mukherjee
Radhakamal Mukerjee and His Contemporaries: Founding Fathers of Sociology in India - T N Madan
Radhakamal Mukerjee and the Quest for an Indian Sociology - Manish K Thakur
Lucknow School of Economics and Sociology and Its Relevance To-Day: Some Reflections - P C Joshi
Dialectic of Tradition and Modernity in the Sociology of D. P. Mukerji - T N Madan
D. P. Mukerji 1894-1961: A Centenary Tribute - T N Madan
D.P. Mukerji and the Middle Class in India - Dalia Chakrabarti
On Srinivas's 'Sociology' - Sujata Patel
The sociology of Hinduism : Readings 'Backwards ' from Srinivas to Weber - T N Madan
M.N. Srinivas, Max Weber, and Functionalism - A M Shah
Disjunctions between Field, Method and Concept: An Appraisal of M.N. Srinivas - T K Oommen
On M.N. Srinivas and Indian Sociology: The Challenge of Understanding Indian Society: Critique, Generosity, and Transformations - Ananta Kumar Giri
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