Strategies of Social Change in IndiaThe book, on the basis of empirical and historical investigations, convincingly demonstrates that the process of change in India involved a great degree of ambivalence, but there is no clear-cut indication except that various strategies have tended to strengthen the position of the already privileged sections of the society. The underprivileged are the last to benefit. |
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agrarian relations agricultural Ambedkar areas artisan Arya Samaj backward classes big landowners Bihar Brahmins capitalism caste groups caste system causality ceiling cent century change in India Chhimba concept Dalit Delhi discourse discussion economic emergence existing factors farmers feudal formal sector functional green revolution Haryana hierarchy Hindu ideology impact implementation important Indian society industrialization interaction intermediaries involved jajmani Jheer Khatri land reforms large number leasing Lohar lower castes Mandal Commission mobility mode of production modern Naxalite Naxalite movement non-trading castes occupations occurred organizations peasant movements peasantry political Pradesh private traders Punjab Rajasthan Rajput Ramgarhia relationship reservation policy result rural Sanskritization scheduled castes Secondly sharecroppers significance Sikh Sikhism Singh situation social change social formations social structure sociological specific consciousness status strategy studies system of cultivation tenants tenure trading castes traditional smiths transformation untouchables upper castes urbanization various village