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Atlantic Gandhi
The Mahatma Overseas
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Using the frames of diaspora theory, post-colonial discourse theory and the recent Atlantic turn in studies of resistance, this book brings into relief Gandhi's experience as a traveler moving from a classic colony, India, to the plantation and mining society of South Africa.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2004
Contemporary India’s political landscape is characterized by a great deal of social upheaval. This is the result of growing democratic consciousness which is increasingly conflicting with the forces of domination, authoritarianism and hegemony. Against this backdrop, this volume provides an understanding...
by Michael Dusche
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
This book highlights the present perceptions of the East and the West as seen through the eyes of eminent scholars from India, and in doing so, theorises on identity politics.
Identity Politics in India and Europe combines qualitative methods (20 interviews) with historical and philosophical...
by Ghanshyam Shah
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Civil society is often expected to rise above historical and contemporary socio-economic forces such as the neoliberal economic policy and undertake the transformation of a stratified society to an egalitarian society conducive to democracy. Democracy, Civil Society and Governance is an endeavour...
Social Movements in India
A Review of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2004
Social movements primarily take the form of non-institutionalised collective political action which strive for political and/or social change. While India has witnessed many such movements over the centuries, it is only recently that scholars have begun to study them in depth. This thoroughly revised...
Strong Religion, Zealous Media
Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2008
Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India is the first in-depth cultural and social analysis of the growth of conservative forms of Christianity within the Protestant tradition in India and the many ways in which these new churches use the media. Arguing that...
McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics
Televangelism in Contemporary India
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
This book looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people.
The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India, in a new historical,...
The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas
Local Attachments and Boundary Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2011
The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas is an exploration of the various forms of bonds and attachments by which individuals are bounded to their collectivities and localities in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. To grasp these phenomena adequately, the book proposes a new analytical approach...
Readings in Indian Sociology
Volume II: Sociological Probings in Rural Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Sociological Probings in Rural Society, focuses mainly on the changing face of rural–urban relations. The papers included in the volume have been arranged in five sections, taking a note of rural–urban relations, rural social stratification, rural profiles, religion and rituals and social change...
by K S Chalam
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2007
Caste-based reservations have existed in India for more than a century. Initially introduced by the British to bring equality of opportunity in education, reservation was later extended to other sectors of the development process to overcome the problem of economic inequalities attributed to caste....
Readings in Indian Sociology
Volume X: Pioneers of Sociology in India
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
It is through the contributions of the pioneering scholars that not only a particular discipline derives its name but also the foundations on which a particular discipline is built and grows. G.S. Ghurye (1893–1983), Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889–1968), D.P. Mukerji (1894–1961) and M.N. Srinivas...
Readings in Indian Sociology
Volume VIII: Political Sociology of India
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Political Sociology of India, is a selection of essays on polity and society which represents outstanding contributions of three generations of eminent scholars about political sociology of India. The selected authors also include some of the leading lights of the Indian Sociological Society. The...
Asian Irrigation in Transition
Responding To Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
There is today a crucial need to revamp the management and governance of water systems in Asia in order to cater to the increasing demands of a growing group of users with diverse needs—urban settlements, industry, food producers and environmental needs. Written by a mix of international observers...
Leading from the Heart
Sufi principles at work
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Leading from the Heart: Sufi Principles at Work merges management with spirituality. The author has given Sufi sagacity, a theme of spirituality, a new dimension by blending it with leadership in all realms of life. The book is an attempt to sensitise the hearts and fill the souls of managers and...