The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology (Hardcover)
by Veena Das (Editor), Andre Beteille (Editor), T. N. Madan (Editor)
Oxford University Press. As New. Contents: Vol. I. Preface. Social sciences and the publics/Veena Das. I. The overarching concepts and contexts: Introduction. 1. Sociology and social anthropology/Andre Beteille. 2. Modernization/Satish Deshpande. 3. The historiography of Indian society/Richard Saumarez-Smith. 4. Civil society/J.P.S. Uberoi. II. The ecological context of social life: Introduction. 1. Ecology and environment/Rita Brara. 2. India's population : its growth and key characteristics/Pravin and Leela Visaria. 3. Movements of peoples : Nomads in India/Aparna Rao and Michael J. Casimir. 4. Migration/Myron Weiner. 5. Refugees/Tetsuya Nakatani. 6. The social and cultural framework of health and disease in India/Paul Greenough. 7. Social and cultural geography/James L. Wescoat Jr, Richa Nagar and David Faust. III. Morphological categories: Introduction. 1. Tribes in India/ Virginius Xaxa. 2. Village community/Brij Raj Chauhan. 3. The Indian city/ Narayani Gupta. 4. Caste/Christopher J. Fuller. 5. Social stratification hierarchy, difference, and social mobility/Dipankar Gupta. 6. Social conflict/Satish Saberwal and N. Jayaram. IV. The cultural landscape: Introduction. 1. The category of folk/Roma Chatterji. 2. Performances/ Heidrun Bruckner and Elizabeth Schombucher. 3. The image in Indian culture/Christopher Pinney. 4. Public culture/Arjun Appadurai. 5. Consumption and lifestyle/Nita Kumar. 6. Social aspects of language/Udaya Narayana Singh. V. Religions: Introduction. 1. Religions of India : plurality and pluralism/T.N. Madan. 2. Sects and Indian religions/Lawrence A. Babb. 3. . ISBN: 0195645820.
About the Book : "The Oxford India Companion To Sociology and Social Anthropology" is a comprehensive reference work that brings together sixty eminent scholars from around the world to provide important thematic and conceptual elements in the study of Sociology and Social Anthropology. This invaluable resource is one of the most informed, complete, and important reference to sociology and social anthropology, and its related fields available today.
Consolidating several fields of study, the Companion constitutes the ideal basis for course and research use for students and specialists alike in sociology, anthropology, history, economics, labour studies, demography, politics, and cultural studies. It will also be an invaluable reference to activists, policy-makers, journalists, and the informed lay-reader.
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COMPREHENSIVE AND AUTHORITATIVE COVERAGE :
(1) THE OVERARCHING CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS : Introduction; Sociology and Social Anthropology; Modernization; The Historiography of Indian Society; Civil Society;
(2) THE ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL LIFE : Introduction; Ecology and Environment; India's Population : Its Growth and Key Characteristics; Movements of Peoples : Nomads in India; Migration; Refugees; The Social and Cultural Framework of Health and Disease in India; Social and Cultural Geography;
(3) MORPHOLOGICAL CATEGORIES : Introduction; Tribes in India; Village Community; The Indian City; Caste; Social Stratification: Hierarchy, Difference, and Social Mobility; Social Conflict;
(4) THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE : Introduction; The Category of Folk; Performances; The Image in Indian Culture; Public Culture; Consumption and Lifestyle; Social Aspects of Language;
(5) RELIGIONS : Introduction; Religions of India: Plurality and Pluralism; Sects and Indian Religions; Myth: Text and Context; Religion in Everyday Life; Christianity in the Context of Indian Society and Culture; Secularism;
(6) EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT : Introduction; The Paradox of Child Labour and Anthropology; Old Age and the Global Economy of Knowledge; Patterns of Literacy and Their Social Context; Schooling, Culture, and Modernity; Higher Education;
(7) THE PERSONAL SPHERE AND ITS ARTICULATION : Introduction; The Family in India: Beyond the Nuclear versus Joint Debate; Patterns of Marriage; Domestic Violence; The Peron Beyond the Family; The Cultural Construction of Emotion;
(8) ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENTS : Introduction; Agrarian Structures and Their Transformations; Labour and Traded Unions; Labour, Technology, and Industry; The Informal Sector; The Study of Entrepreneurship in India: In Need of a Comparative Perspective; Markets; Decentralization and the Poor;
(9) POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES : Introduction; The Significance of Lower Courts in the Judicial Process; The Indian Nation-State: From Pre-colonial Beginnings to Post-colonial Reconstructions; The Nature of Indian Democracy; Backward Castes / Classes as Legal and Political Entities; Local-level / Grassroots Political Studies; Social Movements; Collective Violence.</b>
"This two volume set will become, I predict, one of the most influential and widely cited sources of comparative studies in the social sciences as well as being a major contribution to South Asian studies", Arthur Kleinman, Prof. of Anthropology, Harvard University.
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by Veena Das (Editor), Andre Beteille (Editor), T. N. Madan (Editor)
Oxford University Press. As New. Contents: Vol. I. Preface. Social sciences and the publics/Veena Das. I. The overarching concepts and contexts: Introduction. 1. Sociology and social anthropology/Andre Beteille. 2. Modernization/Satish Deshpande. 3. The historiography of Indian society/Richard Saumarez-Smith. 4. Civil society/J.P.S. Uberoi. II. The ecological context of social life: Introduction. 1. Ecology and environment/Rita Brara. 2. India's population : its growth and key characteristics/Pravin and Leela Visaria. 3. Movements of peoples : Nomads in India/Aparna Rao and Michael J. Casimir. 4. Migration/Myron Weiner. 5. Refugees/Tetsuya Nakatani. 6. The social and cultural framework of health and disease in India/Paul Greenough. 7. Social and cultural geography/James L. Wescoat Jr, Richa Nagar and David Faust. III. Morphological categories: Introduction. 1. Tribes in India/ Virginius Xaxa. 2. Village community/Brij Raj Chauhan. 3. The Indian city/ Narayani Gupta. 4. Caste/Christopher J. Fuller. 5. Social stratification hierarchy, difference, and social mobility/Dipankar Gupta. 6. Social conflict/Satish Saberwal and N. Jayaram. IV. The cultural landscape: Introduction. 1. The category of folk/Roma Chatterji. 2. Performances/ Heidrun Bruckner and Elizabeth Schombucher. 3. The image in Indian culture/Christopher Pinney. 4. Public culture/Arjun Appadurai. 5. Consumption and lifestyle/Nita Kumar. 6. Social aspects of language/Udaya Narayana Singh. V. Religions: Introduction. 1. Religions of India : plurality and pluralism/T.N. Madan. 2. Sects and Indian religions/Lawrence A. Babb. 3. . ISBN: 0195645820.
About the Book : "The Oxford India Companion To Sociology and Social Anthropology" is a comprehensive reference work that brings together sixty eminent scholars from around the world to provide important thematic and conceptual elements in the study of Sociology and Social Anthropology. This invaluable resource is one of the most informed, complete, and important reference to sociology and social anthropology, and its related fields available today.
Consolidating several fields of study, the Companion constitutes the ideal basis for course and research use for students and specialists alike in sociology, anthropology, history, economics, labour studies, demography, politics, and cultural studies. It will also be an invaluable reference to activists, policy-makers, journalists, and the informed lay-reader.
<b>
COMPREHENSIVE AND AUTHORITATIVE COVERAGE :
(1) THE OVERARCHING CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS : Introduction; Sociology and Social Anthropology; Modernization; The Historiography of Indian Society; Civil Society;
(2) THE ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL LIFE : Introduction; Ecology and Environment; India's Population : Its Growth and Key Characteristics; Movements of Peoples : Nomads in India; Migration; Refugees; The Social and Cultural Framework of Health and Disease in India; Social and Cultural Geography;
(3) MORPHOLOGICAL CATEGORIES : Introduction; Tribes in India; Village Community; The Indian City; Caste; Social Stratification: Hierarchy, Difference, and Social Mobility; Social Conflict;
(4) THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE : Introduction; The Category of Folk; Performances; The Image in Indian Culture; Public Culture; Consumption and Lifestyle; Social Aspects of Language;
(5) RELIGIONS : Introduction; Religions of India: Plurality and Pluralism; Sects and Indian Religions; Myth: Text and Context; Religion in Everyday Life; Christianity in the Context of Indian Society and Culture; Secularism;
(6) EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT : Introduction; The Paradox of Child Labour and Anthropology; Old Age and the Global Economy of Knowledge; Patterns of Literacy and Their Social Context; Schooling, Culture, and Modernity; Higher Education;
(7) THE PERSONAL SPHERE AND ITS ARTICULATION : Introduction; The Family in India: Beyond the Nuclear versus Joint Debate; Patterns of Marriage; Domestic Violence; The Peron Beyond the Family; The Cultural Construction of Emotion;
(8) ECONOMIC ARRANGEMENTS : Introduction; Agrarian Structures and Their Transformations; Labour and Traded Unions; Labour, Technology, and Industry; The Informal Sector; The Study of Entrepreneurship in India: In Need of a Comparative Perspective; Markets; Decentralization and the Poor;
(9) POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES : Introduction; The Significance of Lower Courts in the Judicial Process; The Indian Nation-State: From Pre-colonial Beginnings to Post-colonial Reconstructions; The Nature of Indian Democracy; Backward Castes / Classes as Legal and Political Entities; Local-level / Grassroots Political Studies; Social Movements; Collective Violence.</b>
"This two volume set will become, I predict, one of the most influential and widely cited sources of comparative studies in the social sciences as well as being a major contribution to South Asian studies", Arthur Kleinman, Prof. of Anthropology, Harvard University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_classi...ndian_Americans