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Contemporary India - A Sociological View

by Satish Deshpande
Contemporary India - A Sociological View - Thryft
Contemporary India - A Sociological View - Thryft

Sociological perspective on contemporary India.

Recommended for those interested in understanding social changes in India, including globalization, religion, and politics. Deshpande provides an insightful analysis of India's complex and paradoxical modernization process, examining both the achievements and shortcomings of India's socio-economic policies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Contemporary India - A Sociological View

by Satish Deshpande
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ISBN: 9780143031215
Authors: Satish Deshpande
Publisher: Penguin India
Date of Publication: 2003-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology
Goodreads rating: 4.44
(rated by 36 readers)

Description

Globalization, Hindutva and the 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 contemporary concerns. Why are we so eager to claim modernity in same contexts and so anxious to disown it in others? How does the economy come to rival religion and history as a source of national identity? Where does the moral legitimacy of the middle class come from? What makes caste such a controversial criterion for public policy? Has globalization made regions irrelevant? These are some of the questions explored in this book.
 

Sociological perspective on contemporary India.

Recommended for those interested in understanding social changes in India, including globalization, religion, and politics. Deshpande provides an insightful analysis of India's complex and paradoxical modernization process, examining both the achievements and shortcomings of India's socio-economic policies.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.