• ISBN13: 9788132116219
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: SAGE India
• Publication Date: December 16, 2013
• Pages: 288
• Original Price: INR 995.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 513 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Sociology / General

This volume includes 15 articles and highlights the challenges faced by the present-day sociologists in the context of development and growth of knowledge in other sectors. The selected articles discuss the growth of the sociology discipline over the past 75 years so that one can get a cross-section of the thinking of sociologists towards the growth, issues and challenges faced from time to time.

L Thara Bhai has more than 37 years of experience in teaching and research in Sociology. She was Senior Professor and Head in the Department of Sociology at Madurai Kamaraj University. She specialises in Sociology of Religion, Social Change and Women’s Studies. She has written 11 books and has about 50 articles to her credit. Dr Thara Bhai received the Tamil Nadu State Government Award for the Best Social Scientist in 2003.