The Indian Social Sphere (eBook, ePUB)

Institutions and Social Transformations
Redaktion: Somayaji, Sakarama; Coelho, Joanna P.; Somayaji, Ganesha

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the social formation of India through the lens of religion, state, ethnicity, and governance. It provides a nuanced understanding of the structural as well as the processual aspects of the Indian social sphere. The volume studies diverse themes, such as the impact of religiosity on religious consciousness, the primacy of tribal identity in colonial India, political inclusion of marginalised communities, the emerging subaltern activism, among others.

An important contribution, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of sociology, political sociology, South Asian studies, Affirmative action, and political science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040047392
• Artikelnr.: 72269112

Autorenporträt

Sakarama Somayaji, Shree Keshetra Hosakatte Trust, (Agency for Social Development of Underprivileged), Mundadi, Karnataka, India. Ganesha Somayaji, Professor of Sociology, Goa University, India. Joanna P. Coelho, Sociology Programme, Goa University, India.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: Some Components of the Social Sphere: Religion, State, Ethnicity,
and Governance 1. Communication of Religious Knowledge in the Lingayat
Community 2.Impact of Religiosity on Religious Consciousness: A Comparative
Study of Jains and Radhasoamis of Agra 3. Primacy of Tribal Identity in
Colonial India: An Interface between Colonial Construction, Revolts and
Religious Conversion 4. The Process of State Formation in Goa (CE 400 to
1400) 5. Examining Ethnicity: The Context of Mizos in Bengaluru 6.
Governance, Decentralization and Peacebuilding in India: Exemplications
from Jammu and Kashmir State 7. Civil Society in India: Its Role in India's
development Story 8.The Friendship Bridge in Nepal - Squeezed Between India
and China PART TWO: Affirmative Actions, Social Policy and Social
Transformations 9. Bending Backwards and Forwards: Caste, Polity and Public
Policy (The Case of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States) 10. Political
Inclusion of the Marginalised Communities in Panchayats in India-Case Study
of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States 11. Politics of Indigeneity: The
Emerging Subaltern Activism in Kerala 12. Transformative Challenges in the
Northeast India: A Study of Ethno-Political Dimensions 13. Rethinking Urban
Poverty and Social Justice in Independent India: The Case of an
Unsustainable Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near Mumbai