India’s Villages in the 21st Century

India’s Villages in the 21st Century
Author: Surinder S. Jodhka
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2019-09-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199098190

Post India’s economic liberalization in the 1990s, the village ceased to be central to ongoing sociological concerns. As a result, the period saw a marginalization of rural life and agrarian economy in the national imagination. However, in the 21st century as India transforms, so does its rural life. This book revisits the realities of contemporary rural India, exploring the trajectories of change across regions such as those in rural economies, the relationship of villages to the outside world, and the dynamics of caste inequalities. 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 contemporary rural India which continues to be an important site of social, political, and economic activities. India’s Villages in the 21st Century stresses diversity as a fundamental structure of Indian economy and society and illustrates the point by focusing on the economies, patterns of settlements, and organization of social and political life in India’s villages.

Indian Village

Indian Village
Author: S.C. Dube
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 113563887X

Published in 1998, Indian Village is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy.

India in the 21st Century

India in the 21st Century
Author: Mira Kamdar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2018
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199973601

A focused and accessible introduction to modern India by award-winning author Mira Kamdar, India in the 21st Century addresses the history, political and social structures, economic and financial system, and geopolitical landscape of a country set to play a critical role in how the world evolves in the coming decades.

Rural India Facing the 21st Century

Rural India Facing the 21st Century
Author: Barbara Harriss-White
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2004-07
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9781843317531

A profound analysis of a broad range of issues, providing a masterly overview of rural development in India.

Gandhi and 21st Century

Gandhi and 21st Century
Author: Janardan Pandey
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1998
Genre: Civilization, Modern
ISBN: 9788170226727

Reflections on 21st Century Human Habitats in India

Reflections on 21st Century Human Habitats in India
Author: Mahabir S. Jaglan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2021-07-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981163100X

This book highlights various dimensions of human habitats in 21st Century India. The human habitats in the country are marked by perceptible inequality in social and economic spheres. This is occurring in tandem with rapid socio-economic transformation across both rural and urban landscapes. There is a plurality of transformative characteristics in terms of social and economic classes, gender and space. Inequality in access to natural resources such as land and water is still a big factor in socio-economic differentiation in rural habitats. This constructs a pedestal of unequal opportunities and access to basic human necessities such as healthcare, education, potable water and sanitation. Human habitats experiencing socio-spatial segregation and exclusion based on caste, community and gender are detrimental in formation of a civil society and its sustainability in long terms. The ideal situation for this would be formation of an inclusive society that celebrates age old socio-cultural diversities, reduces inequalities and reveres composite culture.

Christians in South Indian Villages, 1959-2009

Christians in South Indian Villages, 1959-2009
Author: John B. Carman
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2014-12-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0802871631

This book revisits South Indian Christian communities that were studied in 1959 and written about in Village Christians and Hindu Culture (1968). In 1959 the future of these village congregations was uncertain. Would they grow through conversions or slowly dissolve into the larger Hindu society around them? John Carman and Chilkuri Vasantha Rao s carefully gathered research fifty years later reveals both the decline of many older congregations and the surprising emergence of new Pentecostal and Baptist churches that emphasize the healing power of Christ. Significantly, the new congregations largely cut across caste lines, including both high castes and outcastes (Dalits). Carman and Vasantha Rao pay particular attention to the social, political, and religious environment of these Indian village Christians, including their adaptation of indigenous Hindu practices into their Christian faith and observances.

The Indian Farmers’ Protest of 2020–2021

The Indian Farmers’ Protest of 2020–2021
Author: Christine Moliner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2024-08-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1040119530

The Kisan Andolan or the Indian farmers’ protest of 2020–2021 is one of the longest and biggest (and victorious) social movements in the history of independent India. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to contextualise the movement in the long run. It engages with the historical, social and religious roots of the Andolan, examining what makes it so unique and transformative for Indian polity. It explores the (dis)continuities with previous resistance and contestation movements in India and globally, and debates the role so far of regional, religious and class-caste-gender identities. Through interviews, the volume also gives a specific voice and platform to grassroots activists and farmers from the movement. Part of the Social Movements and Transformative Dissent series, the book will appeal to scholars, activists and a wider audience interested in social movements and dissent politics in India and the Global South. It will also be of interest to students of economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, government, agrarian studies, Sikh and Punjab studies, politics, international relations and diaspora studies.

Remembering India’s Villages

Remembering India’s Villages
Author: Santosh K. Singh
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2023-07-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000905896

In the time of agrarian crisis and movement, Remembering India’s Villages centralises the rural India—examining its stubborn past and dynamic present. Departing from the myth of little republics, it sees villages in cinema, development discourses, and debates among the founders of modern India like Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore and Ambedkar. Empirical research, multidisciplinary perspective, and cross-cultural insights are useful aids in this book toward understanding the reality of the rural that comprises structural anomalies and social possibilities. The book remembers India’s villages under the trope of reconstitution rather than disappearance. The book adds to the renewed interest in village studies, rural sociology, development studies, and intellectual history. This book is co-published with Aakar Books. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)