
Diversity and Change in Modern India
Economic, Social and Political Approaches
Oxford University Press
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2010
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-0-19-726451-5 (ISBN)
Description
India's society, economy, and polity have been transformed at a gathering pace since the early 1990s, and India's growing role on the world stage makes it imperative to understand the roots and consequences of these changes. The 11 papers in this interdisciplinary volume review the growing body of data that help to make sense of these changes and to understand their likely significance.
The volume provides systematic, macro-level studies of economic, demographic, social, and political change in India but also micro-level analyses of the detailed mechanisms 'on the ground' of how Indian society is being re-shaped. This rare combination of micro- and macro-level analyses thus gives a rounded picture not only of national trends but also of the underlying processes of change.
Each of the papers, by leading authorities in each field, showcases the fruits of new, previously unpublished scholarship across the social sciences. For example, Oliver Heath and Yogendra Yadav's paper draws on the remarkable series of election studies from 1967 to 2004 to offer an original picture and analysis of electoral change as India moved from its post-indep to understanding the processes of change and diversity in modern India.endence period of Congress dominance to its contemporary much more diverse structure. By contrast, the paper by Patricia and Roger Jeffery draws upon intensive village-level fieldwork conducted across 25 years when social welfare services have been transformed under globalising and liberalising pressures. By bringing together such contrasting kinds of social science studies, the volume will be a major new contribution to understanding the processes of change and diversity in modern India.
The volume provides systematic, macro-level studies of economic, demographic, social, and political change in India but also micro-level analyses of the detailed mechanisms 'on the ground' of how Indian society is being re-shaped. This rare combination of micro- and macro-level analyses thus gives a rounded picture not only of national trends but also of the underlying processes of change.
Each of the papers, by leading authorities in each field, showcases the fruits of new, previously unpublished scholarship across the social sciences. For example, Oliver Heath and Yogendra Yadav's paper draws on the remarkable series of election studies from 1967 to 2004 to offer an original picture and analysis of electoral change as India moved from its post-indep to understanding the processes of change and diversity in modern India.endence period of Congress dominance to its contemporary much more diverse structure. By contrast, the paper by Patricia and Roger Jeffery draws upon intensive village-level fieldwork conducted across 25 years when social welfare services have been transformed under globalising and liberalising pressures. By bringing together such contrasting kinds of social science studies, the volume will be a major new contribution to understanding the processes of change and diversity in modern India.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
Scholars and students of sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, and demography, contemporary India
Illustrations
Kartenausschnitte
41 figures and tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
693 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726451-5 (9780197264515)
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Edited by Anthony F. Heath, Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy, and Roger Jeffery, Professor of Sociology of South Asia, University of Edinburgh
Contributors:
Mukulia Banerjee, University College London
Tim Dyson, London School of Economics
Dipankar Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Zoya Hasan, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Anthony Heath, University of Oxford & Fellow of the British Academy
Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University of London
Patricia Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
Roger Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
Vijay Joshi, University of Oxford
James Manor, University of London
Lucia Michelutti, University of Oxford
Divya Vaid, Yale University
Yogendra Yadav, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
Contributors:
Mukulia Banerjee, University College London
Tim Dyson, London School of Economics
Dipankar Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Zoya Hasan, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Anthony Heath, University of Oxford & Fellow of the British Academy
Oliver Heath, Royal Holloway, University of London
Patricia Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
Roger Jeffery, University of Edinburgh
Vijay Joshi, University of Oxford
James Manor, University of London
Lucia Michelutti, University of Oxford
Divya Vaid, Yale University
Yogendra Yadav, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
Editor
Senior Research FellowProfessor of Sociology, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy
Professor of Sociology of South Asia, University of Edinburgh
Content
1: Roger Jeffery and Anthony Heath: Incongruities, Ironies and Achievements: India's Tryst with Modernity
2: Tim Dyson: Growing Regional Variation: Demographic Change and its Implications
3: Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery: Costly Absences, Coercive Presences: Health Care in Rural North India
4: Vijay Joshi: Economic Resurgence, Lopsided Reform and Jobless Growth
5: Dipankar Gupta: The Blind Side of Globalization: Auditing Merchant Producers in India's Export Sector
6: Divya Vaid and Anthony Heath: Unequal Opportunities: Class, Caste and Social Mobility
7: Zoya Hasan: The Die is Cast(e): The Debate on Backward Caste/Class Quotas,1990 and 2006
8: Oliver Heath and Yogendra Yadav: . The Rise of Caste Politics: Party System Change and Voter Realignment, 1962- 2004
9: Lucia Michelutti: Understanding Popular Politics: Caste, Kinship and Factionalism among Yadavs in North India
10: Mukulika Banerjee: A Left Front Election
11: James Manor: The Challenge of Representing the Complex Reality of India
2: Tim Dyson: Growing Regional Variation: Demographic Change and its Implications
3: Patricia Jeffery and Roger Jeffery: Costly Absences, Coercive Presences: Health Care in Rural North India
4: Vijay Joshi: Economic Resurgence, Lopsided Reform and Jobless Growth
5: Dipankar Gupta: The Blind Side of Globalization: Auditing Merchant Producers in India's Export Sector
6: Divya Vaid and Anthony Heath: Unequal Opportunities: Class, Caste and Social Mobility
7: Zoya Hasan: The Die is Cast(e): The Debate on Backward Caste/Class Quotas,1990 and 2006
8: Oliver Heath and Yogendra Yadav: . The Rise of Caste Politics: Party System Change and Voter Realignment, 1962- 2004
9: Lucia Michelutti: Understanding Popular Politics: Caste, Kinship and Factionalism among Yadavs in North India
10: Mukulika Banerjee: A Left Front Election
11: James Manor: The Challenge of Representing the Complex Reality of India