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Caste, social inequality and mobility in rural India : reconceptualizing the Indian village /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sharma, K. L. (Kanhaiya Lal), 1941- (Author)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Social contours of indian village
  • Introducing the indian village
  • Reinterpreting caste
  • Caste, inequality and social mobility
  • Individual and family
  • Glimpses of village economy
  • Peasants: a declining backbone of rural economy
  • Artisans: proto-industrial workers
  • Weavers: under the dominance of master-weavers
  • Rural power structure
  • Reflections on Indian polity vis-:-vis Indian village
  • Dynamics of elections and its reflections on rural India
  • Panchayati Raj institutions and empowerment
  • 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
  • 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
  • About the author.