Caste, social inequality and mobility in rural India : reconceptualizing the Indian village /: reconceptualizing the Indian village. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: K.L. Sharma.
• Authors: Sharma, K. L (Kanhaiya Lal), 1941-
• Contents: Foreword by Dipankar Gupta; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Social Contours of Indian Village; Introducing the Indian Village; Reinterpreting Caste; Caste, Inequality and Social Mobility; Individual and Family; Part II: Glimpses of Village Economy; Peasants : A Declining Backbone of Rural Economy; Artisans: Proto-industrial Workers; Weavers: Under the Dominance of Master-Weavers; Part III: Rural Power Structure; Reflections on Indian Polity vis-à-vis Village India; Dynamics of Elections and Its Reflections on Rural India; Panchayati Raj Institutions and Empowerment; Part IV: Emerging Patterns of Stratification and Change; Formation of Middle Class in Rural India; Education and Social Stratification in Village India; Understanding Rural Development in India; Part V: Theoretical and Empirical Concerns in Village Studies; Subaltern Studies in the Wake of Globalization; Revisiting the Six Villages in Rajasthan After Half a Century; Conclusion: Emerging Matrix of Social Status and Change; Bibliography; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.51220954; Caste -- India; Equality -- India; Social mobility -- India
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789353282028
• Related ISBNs: 9789353282011
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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