Village society / edited by Surinder S. Jodhka.

Contributor(s):

Jodhka, Surinder S [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Readings on the economy, polity, and societyPublication details: New Delhi : Orient BlackSwan, 2015Description: x, 252p. ; 24cmISBN:

9788125046035 (pbk.)
8125046038 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.14120954 JOD 22

LOC classification:

HN690.Z9 C685375 2012

Contents:

Section 1. Village society : methods and perspectives -- section 2. Social and cultural life -- section 3. Social, economic and political processes -- section 4. Perspectives on change.

Summary: This book presents a set of readings which primarily focus on the social, political and cultural aspects of village life. A few readings discuss issues of agrarian change and the economy of rural India. A comprehensive introduction provides a detailed historical analysis of the study of rural India, the changes in rural social life and the forces shaping life in villages today. The articles, drawn from writings over four decades (1972 to 2010), cover various features of village society: caste and community, land and labour, migration, discrimination and use of common property resources, among others.

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Contributed articles.

On t.p. EPW. Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

"Essays from economic and political weekly"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Section 1. Village society : methods and perspectives -- section 2. Social and cultural life -- section 3. Social, economic and political processes -- section 4. Perspectives on change.

This book presents a set of readings which primarily focus on the social, political and cultural aspects of village life. A few readings discuss issues of agrarian change and the economy of rural India. A comprehensive introduction provides a detailed historical analysis of the study of rural India, the changes in rural social life and the forces shaping life in villages today. The articles, drawn from writings over four decades (1972 to 2010), cover various features of village society: caste and community, land and labour, migration, discrimination and use of common property resources, among others.

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