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Social Science and the Publics, Veena Das<br/>I. CONCEPTS AND CONTEXTS <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>1. Sociology and Social Anthropology, Andre Beteille<br/>2. Modernization, Satish Deshpande<br/>3. The Historiography of Indian Society, Richard Saumarez-Smith<br/>4. Civil Society, JPS Uberoi<br/>II. THE ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL LIFE <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>5. Ecology and the Environment, Rita Brara<br/>6. India's Population: It's Growth and Key Characteristics, Pravin & Leela Visaria<br/>7. Movements of Peoples: Nomads, Aparna Rao & M Casimir<br/>8. Migration, Myron Weiner<br/>9. Refugees in South Asia, N Nakatani<br/>10. The Social and Cultural Framework of Health and Disease in India, Paul Greenough<br/>11. Social and Cultural Geography, Jim Wescoat et al.<br/>III. SOCIAL MORPHOLOGY <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>12. Tribes in India, Virginius Xaxa<br/>13. Village Community, BR Chauhan<br/>14. The Indian City, Narayani Gupta<br/>15. Caste, Chris Fuller<br/>16. Social Stratification: Hierarchy and Difference, Dipankar Gupta<br/>17. Social Conflict, Satish Saberwal & N Jayaram<br/>IV. THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>18. The Category of Folk<br/>19. Performances, Hiedrun Bruckner<br/>20. The Image in Indian Culture, Chris Pinney<br/>21. Public Culture, Arjun Appadurai<br/>22. Consumption and Lifestyle, Nita Kumar<br/>23. Social Aspects of Language, UN Singh<br/>V. RELIGION <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>24. Religion of India: Plurality and Pluralism, TN Madan<br/>25. Sects and Indian Religions, Lawrence Babb<br/>26. Myth: Text and Con-text, Audrey Cantile<br/>27. Religion in Everyday Life, M Tanaka<br/>28. Christianity in the Context of Indian Society and Culture, Rowena Robinson<br/>29. Secularism, Gurpreet Mahajan<br/>VI. EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>30. Childhood, Olga Niewenhuys<br/>31. Old Age, Lawrence Cohen<br/>32. Patterns of Literacy and Their Social Context, Jean Dreze<br/>33. Schooling, Culture and Modernity, Sanjay Srivastava<br/>34. Higher Education, Suma Chitnis<br/>VII. THE PERSONAL SPHERE AND ITS ARTICULATION <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>35. The Family in India, Beyond the Joint/Nuclear Controversy<br/>36. Patterns of Marriage, Thomas Trautmann<br/>37. Domestic Violence, Malvika Karlekar<br/>38. The Person Beyond the Family, Margaret Trawick<br/>39. The Cultural Construction of Emotion, Robert Desjerlais<br/>VIII. THE ECONOMY <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>40. Agrarian Structures and Their Transformations, Surnider Jodka<br/>41. Labour and Trade Unions, Narayan Sheth<br/>42. Labour, Technology and Industry, K Mamkoottam<br/>43. The Informal Sector, Jan Breman<br/>44. The Study of Entrepreneurship in India: In Need of a Comparative Perspective, Mario Rutten<br/>45. Markets, Denis Vidal<br/>46. Decentralization and the Poor, Pranab Bardham<br/>IX. THE POLITY <br/>Sectional Introduction, Veena Das<br/>47. The Significance of Lower Courts in the Judicial Process, Robert Moog<br/>48. The Nation-State: From Pre-Colonial Beginnings to Post-Colonial Constructions, Thomas Pantham<br/>49. The Nature of Indian Democracy, Sudipta Kaviraj<br/>50. Backward Castes/Classes as Legal and Political Entities, P Radhakrishnan<br/>51. Local-level / Grass-roots Political Studies, Harold Gould<br/>52. Social Movements, Martin Fuchs & A Linkenbach<br/>53. Collective Violence, Jonathan Spencer<br/> |
