Readings in Indian Sociology : Volume III: Sociology of Childhood and Youth.

Cover -- Contents -- Series Note -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- SECTION I - Child and Childhood -- 1 - Social Class and Educational Aspirations in an Indian Metropolis -- 2 - Education and theEmerging Patternsof Political Orientations: A Sociological Analysis -- 3 - Adolescent Thieves and Differential Association -- 4 - Culture and Fertility: Son Preference and Reproductive Behaviour -- 5 - Sex Preference and Contraceptive Use in Manipur -- 6 - Disappearing Daughters and Intensification of Gender Bias: Evidence from Two Village Studies in South India -- SECTION II - Young and Youth -- 7 - The Attitudes to English andUse of It by Students of ThreeDifferent Mother Tongues:Hindi, Kannada and Tamil -- 8 - Perception of the FemaleRole by Indian College Students -- 9 - Social Class andOccupational Aspirationsof College Students -- 10 - Youth Aspirations vis-a-vis National Development: Participate or Emigrate? -- 11 - The Use Psychotropic Drugs among College Youth in India: An Appraisal -- 12 - Problems of the Youth of North-East India:A Sociological Inquiry -- 13 - Youth in Techno Global World: Predicaments and Choices -- Index -- About the Editor andContributors -- Appendix of Sources.

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