Understanding Social Dynamics in South Asia Essays in Memory of Ramkrishna Mukherjee /

This volume includes fourteen essays by eminent sociologists in memory of Ramkrishna Mukherjee (1919-2017), the last of the founding architects of sociology in India. It also includes two interviews with Ramkrishna Mukherjee by senior sociologists. The essays cover a variety of themes and topics clo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mukherji, Partha Nath (Editor), Jayaram, N. (Editor), Ghosh, Bhola Nath (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Sociology.
Regionalism.
Asia > History.
Sociological Theory.
History of South Asia.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • PART I - REMEMBERING THE SCHOLAR AND HIS SCHOLARSHIP
  • 1. Remembering Ramkrishna Mukherjee Partha Nath Mukherji and N. Jayaram
  • 2. Ramkrishna Mukherjee: An Accomplished Academic Amphibian T. K. Oommen
  • PART II - PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY
  • 3. Unitary Social Science: An Idea and its Prospects N. Jayaram
  • 4. Fact-Value Relations in Ramkrishna Mukherjee's Contributions E. Hari Babu
  • 5. Sociology of Ramkrishna Mukherjee: An Introspection Biswajit Ghosh
  • PART III - RURAL SOCIETY AND DECENTRALISATION
  • 6. Caste, Economy, and Political Power: Changing Rural Bihar Gaurang R. Sahay
  • 7. Dynamics of Social Mobility in an Emerging Knowledge Society: Reflections from Rural India Debal Singha-Roy
  • 8. How Democratic is Decentralisation: A Study of West Bengal Panchayat Elections of 2008 Partha Nath Mukherji
  • PART IV - FAMILY AND GENDER RELATIONS
  • 9. Family Matters in India: A Sociological Understanding Ravinder Kaur
  • 10. Women's Autonomy and Spousal Violence: An Analysis of NFHS-3 Data Bhola Nath Ghosh and Samba Siva Rao Pasupuleti
  • PART V - SOCIAL CHANGE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY
  • 11. Social Change in India: Revisiting Ramkrishna Mukherjee Surendra Munshi
  • 12. Some Unity in Diversity: Analysing Social Change and Mobility Staffan Lindberg
  • 13. Ecological Changes and Underdevelopment of North-eastern Bihar in Historical Perspective Hetukar Jha
  • 14. The Neoliberal Transformation of Bangladesh Class Structure and Contemporary National Identity Mahabub Ahmed
  • PART VI - CONVERSATIONS WITH RAMKRISHNA MUKHERJEE
  • 15. On Methodology of Social Research: Conversations with Ramkrishna Mukherjee Partha Nath Mukherji and Chandan Sengupta
  • 16. Ramkrishna Mukherjee in conversation with Anjan Ghosh Anjan Ghosh
  • Bibliography: Works by and on Ramkrishna Mukherjee Bhola Nath Ghosh.

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