Social Stratification / Edition 2

by Dipankar Gupta

Overview

This work discusses social stratisfication in India with an interdisciplinary approach. It contains both classical and new writing on caste. It profiles the variations and the social importance of this system. The work also examines class and its dynamics, highlighting the urgency of the topic, considering all the complexities of current social and political life in India.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195630886
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/27/1993
Series:	Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology
Edition description:	2nd and enl. ed
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.60(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

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"The selection has been admirably made, and covers both field research and the latest theories....A short review cannot exhaust the points made in this admirable selection...the standard throughout is high."—Asian Affairs

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