Contemporary India :A sociological View

By:

Deshpande,Satish

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Penguin 2003Description: 213.pISBN:

9780143031215

Subject(s):

Globalization

DDC classification:

330.954 DES

Dissertation note: Globalization, hindutva, and tha Mandal agitation have transformed our social landscape over the last two decades and confronted us with new problems and possibilities. This book seeks to critically re examine what popular common sense tells us about these and other contemporary concerns. Grounded in sociology but drawing upon recent developments, the author analyses five themes, the strange mixture of anxiety and ambivilance that modernity provokes in India, the shaping of the nation by the ideologies of hindutva and development, the pivotal role of the middle class, the relative invisibility of caste inequality and the uneven impact of globalization.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	BMU Library	Reference	27-A	330.954 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not For Loan	SOL		L2102

Globalization, hindutva, and tha Mandal agitation have transformed our social landscape over the last two decades and confronted us with new problems and possibilities. This book seeks to critically re examine what popular common sense tells us about these and other contemporary concerns. Grounded in sociology but drawing upon recent developments, the author analyses five themes, the strange mixture of anxiety and ambivilance that modernity provokes in India, the shaping of the nation by the ideologies of hindutva and development, the pivotal role of the middle class, the relative invisibility of caste inequality and the uneven impact of globalization.

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