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008			110701s2005 ii b 101 0 eng
020			_a8170338948
082			_a305.51220954 _bD2U6
245			_aUnderstanding Indian society : _bthe non-Brahmanic perspective / _cedited by S.M. Dahiwale.
260			_aJaipur : _bRawat Publications, _cc2005.
300			_ax, 266 p. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aContributed papers presented at a seminar organized under the UGC Special Assistance Programme in the Dept. of Sociology, University of Pune.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction / S.M. Dahiwale -- Understanding Indian society : the relevance of the perspective from below / T.K. Oommen -- Nation, anthropology, and the village / Surinder S. Jodhka -- The broken men theory of untouchability / S.M. Dahiwale -- Perspectives of the anti-caste movements : subaltern sociological visions / Gail Omvedt -- Decoding Dalitism : reflections on Dalit literature in Maharasthra / S.R. Punalekar -- Conversion as subversion of hierarchy / Ambrose Pinto S.J. -- Conversion, empowerment, and social transformation / S.M. Michael -- Brahmanical social order and Christianity in India / Lancy Lobo -- Educational stratification, dominant ideology and the reproduction of disadvantage in India / Padma Velaskar -- Confronting caste inequality : what sociologists must do to reorient social policy / Satish Deshpande.
650			_aCaste _vCongresses. _zIndia
651			_aIndia _vCongresses. _xSocial conditions
700			_aDahiwale, S. M. _d1946- _q(Samarth Modku),
710			_aUniversity of Pune. _bDept. of Sociology.
942			_cBK
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