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Sociological Probings in Rural Society, focuses mainly on the changing face of rural–urban relations. The papers included in the volume have been arranged in five sections, taking a note of rural–urban relations, rural social stratification, rural profiles, religion and rituals and social change in village India. The volume maps out the structure and process of rural–urban relations, along with divides and gaps between the rural and the urban settings, and the role of urbanization, industrialization, land reforms and development agencies.
Series Note
Foreword Prof. Yogendra Singh
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction K L Sharma
I: RURAL SOCIETY AND RURAL-URBAN RELATIONS
Rural Sociology: Its Need in India A R Desai
A Research Focus for Rural Sociology Harold F Kaufman
Symposium on Rural Urban-Relations: The Industrialization and Urbanization of Rural Areas M N Srinivas
The Rural-Urban Continuum: A Critical Evaluation C Rajagopalan
Modernization and the Urban-Rural Gap In India: An Analysis N R Sheth
‘Fringe’ Society and the Folk-Urban Continuum M S A Rao
Rural Family Patterns: A Study In Urban-Rural Relations K M Kapadia
Industrial Workers in Rural India S D Patel
II: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN RURAL INDIA
Measurement of Rigidity – Fluidity Dimension of Social Stratification in Six Indian Villages Victor S D’souza
Bhadralok and Chhotolok in a Rural Area of West Bengal Surajit Sinha and Ranjit Bhattacharya
Caste System in Contemporary Rural Bihar: A Study of Selected Villages Gaurang Ranjan Sahay
Power Elite in Rural India: Some Questions and Clarifications K L Sharma
Social Stratification and Institutional Change in a Gujarat Village K C Panchanadikar and J Panchanadikar
III: VILLAGE PROFILES
Chokhala – An Intervillage Organization of a Caste in Rajasthan Brij Raj Chauhan
Modernization and Changing Fertility Behaviour: A Study in a Rajasthan Village Tulsi Patel
Ideology, Power and Resistance in a South Indian Village N Sudhakar Rao
Voices from the Earth: Work and Food Production in a Punjabi Village Radhika Chopra
IV: RELIGION AND RITUALS
Public Shrines and Private Interests: The Symbolism of the Village Temple Ursula Sharma
A Study of Customs in Rural Mysore K N Venkatarayappa
Ritual Circles in a Mysore Village Gurumurthy K Gowdra
V: SOCIAL CHANGE IN RURAL INDIA
Study of Social Change in Independent Rural India: Critical Issues for Analyses in the Fourth Decade of Independence H S Verma
Indian Rural Society under the Impact of Planned Development - A Sociological Analysis J M Panchanadikar
Downward Social Mobility: Some Observations K L Sharma
Dimensions of Agrarian Structure and Change: Issues in Theory Pradip Kumar Bose
Index
Appendix of Sources.ISBN - 9788132113812
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Pages : 496
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