Sociology and Anthropology

• Author(s): Rob Shields • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Technology And EngineeringThis book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction ...

• Author(s): Andrea Cornwall | Nancy Lindisfarne • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social ScienceThis book draws upon anthropology, feminism and postmodernism to offer a penetrating and challenging study of...

• Author(s): Sitara Thobani • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: Social ScienceIndian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities explores what happens when a national...

• Author(s): Malcolm Payne • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac • BISAC: Social SciencePART I: THINKING ABOUT SOCIAL WORK THEORY.- 1. The Social Construction of Social Work Theory.- 2. Evaluating Social Work Theory.- 3. Connectin...

• Author(s): C. J. Nirmal • Publisher: OUP India • Publisher Imprint: OUP India • BISAC: Political ScienceThe essays in this volume tackle the complex issue of human rights from many different perspectives, and cover such diverse issues as the ri...

• Author(s): Dr. Prashant Ratilal Mehar • Publisher: Khel Sahitya Kendra • Publisher Imprint: Khel SK

• Author(s): Uwe Skoda • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • BISAC: HistoryThis volume inverts the othering characteristic of most studies of Odisha by drawing attention to the highlands in the west and south. Based on fieldw...

• Author(s): Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui Siddiqui • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • BISAC: HistoryVery little has been written on the cultural orientation of the sultanate of Delhi. The architects of the sultanate introduced ...

• Author(s): Sibaji Pratim Basu • Publisher: Frontpage Pub. • Publisher Imprint: Frontpage • BISAC: Social ScienceForced Migration & Media-Mirrors looks at the relationship between media and forced migration from all aspects and more in the c...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage PublicationsThis book, for the first time, presents an authentic assessment and presentation of the human development and security challenges faced by...

• Author(s): Amita Baviskar • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGEYODAPress • BISAC: Social ScienceAs cities become habitat for most of humanity, the question of their ecological capacity to sustain lives worth living becomes ev...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGEBhashaBridging the Social Gap: Perspectives on Dalit Empowerment addresses four interrelated issues. It conceptualises exclusion-linked deprivation of ...

• Author(s): Omita Goyal • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceLooking at gender through multiple lenses, this volume seeks to understand what empowerment really means to women today. It examines th...

• Author(s): B. S. Baviskar • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social SciencePoverty in rural India: Is this a permanent condition? Are villagers immobilized by a rigid caste system, limited resources and econ...

• Author(s): Manohar Pawar • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Political ScienceSocial and Community Development Practice makes a persuasive case for employing a social development approach to community develop...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis volume includes 15 articles and highlights the challenges faced by the present-day sociologists in the context of de...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceAbout the Book: Studies in Indian Sociology: Themes in Sociology of Education: Volume 5 This volume contains 12 articles ...

• Author(s): Jacob John Kattakayam • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis volume is included as a part of the Studies in Indian Sociology series, yet it stands apart from the other volumes in te...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThe 11 essays in this volume explore different aspects of marginalisation among the scheduled castes, the scheduled tribe...

• Author(s): Meenakshi Thapan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: EducationThe influence of popular culture, media and aggressive marketing of consumer goods all enter the school arena to compete with the more ...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThe volume is a collection of articles on both conventional and new social movements of India and the subcontinent publis...

• Author(s): Sage Publications Pvt Ltd • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThe articles in this volume compose a panoramic view of the kinds of changes that have been taking place in agrarian stru...

• Author(s): Meeta Deka • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceWomen's Agency and Social Change: Assam and Beyond focuses on varied oppression, power relations and ideologies embedded in the complex ...

• Author(s): Azra Khanam • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceThis book presents the sociological perspectives on Muslim OBCs as a category determined by the Indian State. Although Muslims constitu...

• Author(s): Vandana Vasudevan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: ScienceUrban Villager is a superbly etched and finely detailed representation of the life of an 'urban villager' in a modern satellite town of ...

• Author(s): Pradip N. Thomas • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Business And EconomicsCommunication Rights is a key issue in contemporary societies, especially in a country like India, which faces major commu...

• Author(s): Nandana Dutta • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Social ScienceQuestions of Identity in Assam: Location, Migration, Hybridity addresses the identity problem in Assam, keenly affected as it is, by ...

• Author(s): Maya Ranganathan • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • BISAC: Language Arts And DisciplinesThis book explores the transformation of Indian media in the context of two major developments: globalisation (whic...

• Author(s): Helena Miguélez-Carballeira • Publisher: Tamesis Books • Publisher Imprint: Tamesis Books • BISAC: Literary CriticismThe first in-depth yet accessible introduction to Galician history and culture for both lay and specialized readers....

• Author(s): Monica McGoldrick • Publisher: Guilford Publications • Publisher Imprint: Guilford Publications • BISAC: PsychologyThis widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with fami...

• Author(s): Lily Pebbles • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division • Publisher Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton General Division • BISAC: Family And RelationshipsA personal celebration of female friendships - the good, the bad and the ...

• Author(s): Andrew Carswell • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications • BISAC: Political ScienceSince publication of the groundbreaking Encyclopedia of Housing in 1998, many issues have assumed special prominence with...

• Author(s): S. Irudaya Rajan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: Political ScienceIndia Migration Report 2014 is one of the first systematic studies on contribution of diasporas in develop...