Readings in Indian Sociology : Volume VIII: Political Sociology of India.

Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction -- PART I - The Conceptual Aspects -- 1 - Caste and Class: Some Aspects of Continuity and Change -- 2 - Hierarchical and Competitive Inequality -- 3 - Sociological Issues in the Analysis of Social Movements in Independent India -- 4 - Movements of Protest, Construction of Centres and State Formation in India and Europe -- 5 - The Indian State in Crisis? Nationalism and Nation-Building -- PART II - Institutions -- 6 - The Panchayati Raj and the Democratic Polity -- 7 - Trade Unions in India-A Sociological Approach -- 8 - Civil Society, State and Democracy: Lessons for India -- 9 - Democracy and Leadership: The Gendered Voice in Politics -- PART III - Processes -- 10 - Meaning and Process of Tribal Integration in a Democratic Society -- 11 - Landholding Pattern and Power Relations in a Mysore Village -- 12 - The Mid-Term Poll in a Village in Outer Delhi Constituency -- 13 - Nation-State and Open Systems of Stratification: Making Room for the 'Politics of Commitment' -- 14 - Understanding the Modern Dalit Movement -- 15 - Assertive Identities, Indigeneity, and the Politics of Recognition as a Tribe: The Bhutias, the Lepchas and the Limbus of Sikkim -- PART IV - Methodological Issues -- 16 - Relevance of the Marxist Approach to the Study ofIndian Society -- 17 - Co-operatives and Caste in Maharashtra: A Case Study -- 18 - Power Elite in Rural India: Some Questions and Clarifications -- 19 Education and the Emerging Patterns of Political Orientations: A Sociological Analysis -- 20 - Studying Communal Riots in India: Some Methodological Issues -- Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.

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