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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. ABOUT THE BOOK -This book titled Ambedkar, Dalits and Social Change is a collection of some of my already published and a few unpublishedessays. These articles talk about how Ambedkar has impacted Dalits and their assertiveness for human rights and dignity.Lead by Ambedkar's ideas and thoughts, the Dalits are asserting for their rights and better their life. Because of their insistence for human rights and dignity, societal changes have taken place and are still ongoing in the wider context in India. This also impacts the life of upper caste, as they are bound to accept the Dalits as equal. Some of these changes are visible and while some are still in the process.All the articles are about the societal changes,describing the kind of transformationsthat are taking place and if the changes are related to each other ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nandu Ram (born on 28th July, 1946), retired as a Professor of Sociology, from Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (India). Besides a number of books, he has also published a number of research papers in Indian and foreign journals and contributed articles in several books, along with participating in numerous national and international seminars and conferences. His major areas of specialisations include Sociology of Urban Life, Social Stratification and Mobility, Ethnic Groups, Marginals and Weaker Sections of the society. His other published books are The Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988) and Beyond Ambedkar (1995), etc. 1. Ambedkar on Exhumation of Society and Culture in Ancient India .7 2. Gandhi, Ambedkar and the Dalits: Retrospects and Prospects .373. Abstraction to Substantiation: Ambedkar's Thought on Justice and Socialequauty in Comparative Perspective . 59 4. Marginalised Groups and the State of Human Rights in India . 83 5. Genesis, Mechanism and Growth of Caste System in South India . 105 6. Studying Dalit Movements, Protests and Social Change: Some Theoretico-Methodological Issus . 159 7. Dalit Movements and Changes in the Caste System in India . 171 8. Migration and social Mobility in India: Some Theoretico-Methodological Issues-.-215 9. Migration, Social Mobility and Town Country Nexus in North India . 225 10. Values and Changes in an Industrial Metropolis: The Case of a Slum in Kanpur .24711. Housing and the Urban Poor in India: A Hypothetical Refinement . 26712. The Growth of National Capital Region (Delhi): Some Critical Issues. 277 The Title 'Ambedkar, Dalits and Social Change written/authored/edited by Prof. Nandu Ram', published in the year 2024. The ISBN 9788121296038 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 290 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Dalit Literature in India. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 290.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About the Book: Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India has published in 5 Volumes. There are 1109 individual Scheduled Castes discussed in this multivolume set. Volume-1, covers entire Scheduled Castes in South Zone, numbering 382, and distributed in all the four states and Union Territory of South India. They are Andhra Pradesh (61); Kerala (69);Karnataka (101); Tamil Nadu (76); Pondicherry (16); Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Telangana (59). Followed by WEST ZONE (Vol. 2) Goa (5); Gujarat, (36); Dadra & Nagara and Haveli (4); Daman & Diu (5); Lakshadweep; Maharashtra (59); Rajasthan (59). Followed by CENTRAL ZONE (Vol. 3) Chhattisgarh (44); Madhya Pradesh (48); Uttar Pradesh (66). Followed by NORTH ZONE (Vol. 4) Haryana (37); Delhi (36); Himachal Pradesh (57): Jammu & Kashmir (13); Uttarakhand (65); Punjab (39); Chandigarh. Followed by EAST AND NORTH EAST ZONE (Vol. 5) Bihar (23); Jharkhand (22); Orissa (95); West Bengal (60); Assam (16); Sikkim (4); Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya, (16): Mizoram (16); Nagaland; Tripura. (34). All Individual Scheduled Castes consist of a constant contents, namely, Notification; Statutory position; Synonyms including Surnames, titles, etc; Origin and Ethnic Identity; Decennial growth and Distribution of Pulation; Famely structure and clan; Languages and Literacy; Life cycle and related Customs; Traditional and Present occupations; Religious beliefs and Practices; Food habits and Dwelling Patterns; Status in Local traditional caste hierarchy; Structure of social control within the caste; And social change and mobility in each caste. The focus is to highlight social change, along with the said themes and sub-themes, in case of each Scheduled Caste over the past hundred years or so. But it primarily emphasizes social change and mobility among the people of each Scheduled Caste through their social movement, including self-initiatives, and the State sponsorship. Yet, the status or rank of each Scheduled Caste and change, if any, occurred therein in the traditional local caste hierarchy, along with changes in status or position of its members in the secular domains like education, employment, etc. has been analysed in both diachronic and synchronic fashions. About the Author: Nandu Ram teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where his currently Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor of Sociology set up by Dr. 'Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. In between, he was Director General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Over the past 30 years of teaching and research at I. I.T. Kanpur and J.N.U., New Delhi, he has accumulated lots of insights from within in understanding and analysing social phenomena as well as Indian social reality as such. He has also developed a perspective called views or 'perspective from the below', an alternative theoretico methodological perspective or approach in sociological enquiry, which has inspired a large number of young scholars in pursuing their social research. His areas of specialisation are sociology of marginal groups and communities, minorities and ethnic groups, social stratification and social mobility, study of rural and urban societies in India, and so forth. He has published a large number of articles and research papers in Indian and foreign journals and chapters in edited books. His widely read books are Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988), and Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India (1995). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India 5 volumes (set) (2023). His other books in press are Dalits in Contemporary India,Vol. 1: Discrimination and Discontent, and Vol. 2; Reservation, Development and Discontent. He is also the General Editor of a proposed series in Dalit Studies in India. The Title 'Encyclop.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About the Book: Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India has published in 5 Volumes. There are 1109 individual Scheduled Castes discussed in this multivolume set. Volume-1, covers entire Scheduled Castes in South Zone, numbering 382, and distributed in all the four states and Union Territory of South India. They are Andhra Pradesh (61); Kerala (69);Karnataka (101); Tamil Nadu (76); Pondicherry (16); Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Telangana (59). Followed by WEST ZONE (Vol. 2) Goa (5); Gujarat, (36); Dadra & Nagara and Haveli (4); Daman & Diu (5); Lakshadweep; Maharashtra (59); Rajasthan (59). Followed by CENTRAL ZONE (Vol. 3) Chhattisgarh (44); Madhya Pradesh (48); Uttar Pradesh (66). Followed by NORTH ZONE (Vol. 4) Haryana (37); Delhi (36); Himachal Pradesh (57): Jammu & Kashmir (13); Uttarakhand (65); Punjab (39); Chandigarh. Followed by EAST AND NORTH EAST ZONE (Vol. 5) Bihar (23); Jharkhand (22); Orissa (95); West Bengal (60); Assam (16); Sikkim (4); Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya, (16): Mizoram (16); Nagaland; Tripura. (34). All Individual Scheduled Castes consist of a constant contents, namely, Notification; Statutory position; Synonyms including Surnames, titles, etc; Origin and Ethnic Identity; Decennial growth and Distribution of Pulation; Famely structure and clan; Languages and Literacy; Life cycle and related Customs; Traditional and Present occupations; Religious beliefs and Practices; Food habits and Dwelling Patterns; Status in Local traditional caste hierarchy; Structure of social control within the caste; And social change and mobility in each caste. The focus is to highlight social change, along with the said themes and sub-themes, in case of each Scheduled Caste over the past hundred years or so. But it primarily emphasizes social change and mobility among the people of each Scheduled Caste through their social movement, including self-initiatives, and the State sponsorship. Yet, the status or rank of each Scheduled Caste and change, if any, occurred therein in the traditional local caste hierarchy, along with changes in status or position of its members in the secular domains like education, employment, etc. has been analysed in both diachronic and synchronic fashions. About the Author: Nandu Ram teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where his currently Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor of Sociology set up by Dr. 'Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. In between, he was Director General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Over the past 30 years of teaching and research at I. I.T. Kanpur and J.N.U., New Delhi, he has accumulated lots of insights from within in understanding and analysing social phenomena as well as Indian social reality as such. He has also developed a perspective called views or 'perspective from the below', an alternative theoretico methodological perspective or approach in sociological enquiry, which has inspired a large number of young scholars in pursuing their social research. His areas of specialisation are sociology of marginal groups and communities, minorities and ethnic groups, social stratification and social mobility, study of rural and urban societies in India, and so forth. He has published a large number of articles and research papers in Indian and foreign journals and chapters in edited books. His widely read books are Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988), and Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India (1995). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India 5 volumes (set) (2023). His other books in press are Dalits in Contemporary India,Vol. 1: Discrimination and Discontent, and Vol. 2; Reservation, Development and Discontent. He is also the General Editor of a proposed series in Dalit Studies in India. The Title 'Encyclop.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About the Book: Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India has published in 5 Volumes. There are 1109 individual Scheduled Castes discussed in this multivolume set. Volume-1, covers entire Scheduled Castes in South Zone, numbering 382, and distributed in all the four states and Union Territory of South India. They are Andhra Pradesh (61); Kerala (69);Karnataka (101); Tamil Nadu (76); Pondicherry (16); Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Telangana (59). Followed by WEST ZONE (Vol. 2) Goa (5); Gujarat, (36); Dadra & Nagara and Haveli (4); Daman & Diu (5); Lakshadweep; Maharashtra (59); Rajasthan (59). Followed by CENTRAL ZONE (Vol. 3) Chhattisgarh (44); Madhya Pradesh (48); Uttar Pradesh (66). Followed by NORTH ZONE (Vol. 4) Haryana (37); Delhi (36); Himachal Pradesh (57): Jammu & Kashmir (13); Uttarakhand (65); Punjab (39); Chandigarh. Followed by EAST AND NORTH EAST ZONE (Vol. 5) Bihar (23); Jharkhand (22); Orissa (95); West Bengal (60); Assam (16); Sikkim (4); Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya, (16): Mizoram (16); Nagaland; Tripura. (34). All Individual Scheduled Castes consist of a constant contents, namely, Notification; Statutory position; Synonyms including Surnames, titles, etc; Origin and Ethnic Identity; Decennial growth and Distribution of Pulation; Famely structure and clan; Languages and Literacy; Life cycle and related Customs; Traditional and Present occupations; Religious beliefs and Practices; Food habits and Dwelling Patterns; Status in Local traditional caste hierarchy; Structure of social control within the caste; And social change and mobility in each caste. The focus is to highlight social change, along with the said themes and sub-themes, in case of each Scheduled Caste over the past hundred years or so. But it primarily emphasizes social change and mobility among the people of each Scheduled Caste through their social movement, including self-initiatives, and the State sponsorship. Yet, the status or rank of each Scheduled Caste and change, if any, occurred therein in the traditional local caste hierarchy, along with changes in status or position of its members in the secular domains like education, employment, etc. has been analysed in both diachronic and synchronic fashions. About the Author: Nandu Ram teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where his currently Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor of Sociology set up by Dr. 'Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. In between, he was Director General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Over the past 30 years of teaching and research at I. I.T. Kanpur and J.N.U., New Delhi, he has accumulated lots of insights from within in understanding and analysing social phenomena as well as Indian social reality as such. He has also developed a perspective called views or 'perspective from the below', an alternative theoretico methodological perspective or approach in sociological enquiry, which has inspired a large number of young scholars in pursuing their social research. His areas of specialisation are sociology of marginal groups and communities, minorities and ethnic groups, social stratification and social mobility, study of rural and urban societies in India, and so forth. He has published a large number of articles and research papers in Indian and foreign journals and chapters in edited books. His widely read books are Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988), and Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India (1995). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India 5 volumes (set) (2023). His other books in press are Dalits in Contemporary India,Vol. 1: Discrimination and Discontent, and Vol. 2; Reservation, Development and Discontent. He is also the General Editor of a proposed series in Dalit Studies in India. The Title 'Encyclop.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About the Book: Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India has published in 5 Volumes. There are 1109 individual Scheduled Castes discussed in this multivolume set. Volume-1, covers entire Scheduled Castes in South Zone, numbering 382, and distributed in all the four states and Union Territory of South India. They are Andhra Pradesh (61); Kerala (69);Karnataka (101); Tamil Nadu (76); Pondicherry (16); Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Telangana (59). Followed by WEST ZONE (Vol. 2) Goa (5); Gujarat, (36); Dadra & Nagara and Haveli (4); Daman & Diu (5); Lakshadweep; Maharashtra (59); Rajasthan (59). Followed by CENTRAL ZONE (Vol. 3) Chhattisgarh (44); Madhya Pradesh (48); Uttar Pradesh (66). Followed by NORTH ZONE (Vol. 4) Haryana (37); Delhi (36); Himachal Pradesh (57): Jammu & Kashmir (13); Uttarakhand (65); Punjab (39); Chandigarh. Followed by EAST AND NORTH EAST ZONE (Vol. 5) Bihar (23); Jharkhand (22); Orissa (95); West Bengal (60); Assam (16); Sikkim (4); Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya, (16): Mizoram (16); Nagaland; Tripura. (34). All Individual Scheduled Castes consist of a constant contents, namely, Notification; Statutory position; Synonyms including Surnames, titles, etc; Origin and Ethnic Identity; Decennial growth and Distribution of Pulation; Famely structure and clan; Languages and Literacy; Life cycle and related Customs; Traditional and Present occupations; Religious beliefs and Practices; Food habits and Dwelling Patterns; Status in Local traditional caste hierarchy; Structure of social control within the caste; And social change and mobility in each caste. The focus is to highlight social change, along with the said themes and sub-themes, in case of each Scheduled Caste over the past hundred years or so. But it primarily emphasizes social change and mobility among the people of each Scheduled Caste through their social movement, including self-initiatives, and the State sponsorship. Yet, the status or rank of each Scheduled Caste and change, if any, occurred therein in the traditional local caste hierarchy, along with changes in status or position of its members in the secular domains like education, employment, etc. has been analysed in both diachronic and synchronic fashions. About the Author: Nandu Ram teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where his currently Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor of Sociology set up by Dr. 'Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. In between, he was Director General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Over the past 30 years of teaching and research at I. I.T. Kanpur and J.N.U., New Delhi, he has accumulated lots of insights from within in understanding and analysing social phenomena as well as Indian social reality as such. He has also developed a perspective called views or 'perspective from the below', an alternative theoretico methodological perspective or approach in sociological enquiry, which has inspired a large number of young scholars in pursuing their social research. His areas of specialisation are sociology of marginal groups and communities, minorities and ethnic groups, social stratification and social mobility, study of rural and urban societies in India, and so forth. He has published a large number of articles and research papers in Indian and foreign journals and chapters in edited books. His widely read books are Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988), and Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India (1995). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India 5 volumes (set) (2023). His other books in press are Dalits in Contemporary India,Vol. 1: Discrimination and Discontent, and Vol. 2; Reservation, Development and Discontent. He is also the General Editor of a proposed series in Dalit Studies in India. The Title 'Encyclop.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About The Author: Nandu Ram teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehur University, New Delhi, where he is currenlty Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor of Sociology set up by Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. In between, he was Director of General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Nationa Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Contents: CONTENTS: : , Preface, Introduction, Adi Andhra, Adi Dravida, Adi Karnataka, Adiya, Ager, Ajila/Nalakeyava) Nalkadaya, Anamuk, Aray Mala, Arundhatiya/Arunthathiyar, Arwa Mala, Ayyanavar, Baira, Bakuda, Bandi, Banjara, Lambani, Bariki, Bathada, Bavuri, Beda Jangam, Budga Jangam, Bellara, Bhambi, Bhambhi, Asadaru.etc, Bharatar/Paravan, Bhovi, Bindla/Kolupulvandlu, Boyan, Byagara, Chakkiliyan/Pagadai/Madari, Chalavadi, Chandala, etc. The Title 'Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India (South Asia) written/authored/edited by Prof. Nandu Ram', published in the year 2007. The ISBN 9788121209373 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 737 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Reference / Dictionary / Encyclopaedia / Scheduled Castes / OBC / Minorities / Sociology / Scheduled Castes / OBC / Minorities. Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol: Volume . 1st Volume . 1st 737.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: New. Language: English. About the Book: Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India has published in 5 Volumes. There are 1109 individual Scheduled Castes discussed in this multivolume set. Volume-1, covers entire Scheduled Castes in South Zone, numbering 382, and distributed in all the four states and Union Territory of South India. They are Andhra Pradesh (61); Kerala (69);Karnataka (101); Tamil Nadu (76); Pondicherry (16); Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Telangana (59). Followed by WEST ZONE (Vol. 2) Goa (5); Gujarat, (36); Dadra & Nagara and Haveli (4); Daman & Diu (5); Lakshadweep; Maharashtra (59); Rajasthan (59). Followed by CENTRAL ZONE (Vol. 3) Chhattisgarh (44); Madhya Pradesh (48); Uttar Pradesh (66). Followed by NORTH ZONE (Vol. 4) Haryana (37); Delhi (36); Himachal Pradesh (57): Jammu & Kashmir (13); Uttarakhand (65); Punjab (39); Chandigarh. Followed by EAST AND NORTH EAST ZONE (Vol. 5) Bihar (23); Jharkhand (22); Orissa (95); West Bengal (60); Assam (16); Sikkim (4); Arunachal Pradesh; Manipur; Meghalaya, (16): Mizoram (16); Nagaland; Tripura. (34). All Individual Scheduled Castes consist of a constant contents, namely, Notification; Statutory position; Synonyms including Surnames, titles, etc; Origin and Ethnic Identity; Decennial growth and Distribution of Pulation; Famely structure and clan; Languages and Literacy; Life cycle and related Customs; Traditional and Present occupations; Religious beliefs and Practices; Food habits and Dwelling Patterns; Status in Local traditional caste hierarchy; Structure of social control within the caste; And social change and mobility in each caste. The focus is to highlight social change, along with the said themes and sub-themes, in case of each Scheduled Caste over the past hundred years or so. But it primarily emphasizes social change and mobility among the people of each Scheduled Caste through their social movement, including self-initiatives, and the State sponsorship. Yet, the status or rank of each Scheduled Caste and change, if any, occurred therein in the traditional local caste hierarchy, along with changes in status or position of its members in the secular domains like education, employment, etc. has been analysed in both diachronic and synchronic fashions. About the Author: Nandu Ram teaches Sociology at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where his currently Dr. Ambedkar Chair Professor of Sociology set up by Dr. 'Ambedkar Foundation, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi. In between, he was Director General of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Institute of Social Sciences, MHOW (now Dr. Ambedkar Nagar), District Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Over the past 30 years of teaching and research at I. I.T. Kanpur and J.N.U., New Delhi, he has accumulated lots of insights from within in understanding and analysing social phenomena as well as Indian social reality as such. He has also developed a perspective called views or 'perspective from the below', an alternative theoretico methodological perspective or approach in sociological enquiry, which has inspired a large number of young scholars in pursuing their social research. His areas of specialisation are sociology of marginal groups and communities, minorities and ethnic groups, social stratification and social mobility, study of rural and urban societies in India, and so forth. He has published a large number of articles and research papers in Indian and foreign journals and chapters in edited books. His widely read books are Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class (1988), and Beyond Ambedkar: Essays on Dalits in India (1995). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Castes in India 5 volumes (set) (2023). His other books in press are Dalits in Contemporary India,Vol. 1: Discrimination and Discontent, and Vol. 2; Reservation, Development and Discontent. He is also the General Editor of a proposed series in Dalit Studies in India. The Title 'Encyclop.