India's villages in the 21st century: revisits and revisions

By:

Edited by Surinder S. Jodhka

Contributor(s):

Simpson, Edward (ed.)

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press 2019Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 415 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199497249
0199497249

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307.720954 IND

Also available as an e-book.Summary: Rural sociology in India has undergone dynamic phases and shifts; from early ethnographic field research conducted by anthropologists such as M. N Srinivas (1950), to more focused analyses on agrarian conflict and agrarian change through the 1960s and 70s, village studies in India continued to evolve. However, post economic liberalisation in the 90s, the village ceased to be central to ongoing sociological concerns, and the urban took over, with studies on the city and demography becoming more prominent. The shifts in Indian economic policy during the early 1990s began to marginalize rural life and its agrarian economy in the national imagination. Indias Villages studies this shift and argues that in 21st century India, the rural continues to play a significant role in contemporary life, just as much as the rural itself changes in form and nature. Through essays published in the EPW, the volume puts together 14 papers based on empirical studies carried out by sociologists, social anthropologists and economists over the past 15 years to begin a holistic conversation on the rural today... About the Author: Surinder S. Jodhka, Edward Simpson

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	307.720954 IND (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		163030

Total holds: 0

Includes statistical tables.

Includes bibliographical references.

Rural sociology in India has undergone dynamic phases and shifts; from early ethnographic field research conducted by anthropologists such as M. N Srinivas (1950), to more focused analyses on agrarian conflict and agrarian change through the 1960s and 70s, village studies in India continued to evolve. However, post economic liberalisation in the 90s, the village ceased to be central to ongoing sociological concerns, and the urban took over, with studies on the city and demography becoming more prominent. The shifts in Indian economic policy during the early 1990s began to marginalize rural life and its agrarian economy in the national imagination. Indias Villages studies this shift and argues that in 21st century India, the rural continues to play a significant role in contemporary life, just as much as the rural itself changes in form and nature. Through essays published in the EPW, the volume puts together 14 papers based on empirical studies carried out by sociologists, social anthropologists and economists over the past 15 years to begin a holistic conversation on the rural today...

About the Author: Surinder S. Jodhka, Edward Simpson

Also available as an e-book.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.