TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sharma,K.L.
TI  - Caste, social inequality and mobility in rural India: reconceptualizing the Indian village 
SN  - 9789353282011 (hardcover : alk. paper)
U1  - 305.51220954 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Thousand Oaks
PB  - SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
KW  - Caste
KW  - India
KW  - Equality
KW  - Social mobility
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
ER  -