Interrogating India's Modernity: Democracy, Identity, and Citizenship: Essays in Honour of Dipankar Gupta - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198092075 ISBN 13 : 9780198092070

Editeur : OUP India, 2013

Synopsis

The last four decades have seen momentous changes in the Indian society, in terms of its structure, processes, and the dynamics of social institutions. Sociological study of stratification, identity, ethnicity, democratic processes, and urbanism and modernity, have been at the centre stage of academic engagement with this transition, and Indian sociologists have contributed significantly to this corpus of knowledge. This book brings together an Introduction and 11 essays, written by well-known experts and commentators on modern Indian society. They cover a wide range of thematic and topical issues, from class constitution of Indian cities to social hierarchies; from the state of scheduled tribes to religion and politics; and from violence of law to health care in India. Compiled in the honour of Professor Dipankar Gupta, whose four-decade-long contribution to Indian sociology has shaped the way the discipline has evolved, is learnt, taught, and practiced in India, this volume brings to fore the key concerns of his scholarship. Going beyond Dipankar Gupta's work, the essays build an overarching theoretical framework, developing the threads of sociological scholarship in these areas.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Surinder Jodhka is Professor and Head, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198092075
• ISBN 13: 9780198092070
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 356
• Éditeur: Jodhka Surinder
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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