The social system and culture of modern India : a research bibliography / edited with an introduction by Danesh A. Chekki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chekki, Danesh A.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: British in India ; Volume 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Social conditions--1947---Bibliography.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (884 pages).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

According to Arnold J. Toynbee, 'India is a world in itself; it is a society of the same immensity and importance as is our Western society'. In global perspective, the immensity, diversity, and unique importance of Indian society and culture can hardly be underestimated. This reference volume, first published in 1975, encompasses studies that reflect both the unity and diversity of India's culture and social system.

Contents:

Methodology and research technology

Sociology : history and theory

Social psychology (general)

Group interactions

Culture and social structure

Complex organizations (management)

Social change and economic development

Mass Phenomena

Political interactions

Social differentiation

Rural sociology and agricultural economics

Urban structures and ecology

Sociology of the arts

Sociology of education

Sociology of religion

Social control

Sociology of science

Demography and human biology

The family and socialization

Sociology of health and medicine

Social problems and social welfare

Sociology of knowledge

Community development

Planning, forecasting and speculation

Radical sociology

Environmental interactions

Studies in poverty

Studies in violence.

Notes:

First published in 1975 by Garland Publishing, Incorporated.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-26981-3

1-351-98019-X

1-351-98020-3

9781315269818

OCLC:

982187339