Caste, social inequality and mobility in rural India : reconceptualizing the Indian village / K. L. Sharma.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, 2019Description: xiii,378 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9789353282011 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Caste -- India | Equality -- India | Social mobility -- IndiaDDC classification: 305.51220954Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Textual Documents | Institute of Development Studies Kolkata | 305.51220954 S5313c (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 8418 |
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.
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