Sociology and Anthropology

What is knowledge, and ignorance? How is it decided? Do power and power relations influence this process? Does the spread of knowledge lead to more...

This book explores the spatial characteristics of the city of Kolkata in India and the socio-political and physio-climatological events and process...

Fewer than 12 percent of U.S. workers belong to unions, and union membership rates are falling in much of the world. With tremendous growth in ineq...

Language, Society and Power provides an accessible introduction to the study of language in a variety of social contexts. This book examines the wa...

No single introductory book has until now captured the range of thought appropriate for scrutinizing the idea of leisure. Beginning with a discussi...

The book unravels the politics of representation and the process of exoticising women’s bodies through the prism of external gaze and knowledge pro...

At the heart of developed societies lies an insatiable drive for wealth and prosperity. Yet in a world ruled by free-market economics, there are al...

मानवशास्त्र पर यह पुस्तक समस्त भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों में समाजशास्त्र विषय में बी॰ए॰ एवं त्रिवर्षीय डिग्री कक्षाओं तथा एम॰ए॰ के लिये निम्नलिखित पाठ...

This book examines the process of information diffusion and the challenges of spreading awareness about maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes in...

This book helps readers bridge the gap between school-level mathematical skills and the quantitative and analytical skills required at the professi...

Media Technology and Cultures of Memory studies narrative memories in India through oral, chirographic and digital cultures. It examines oral cultu...

This new edition of Mental Health Social Work in Context continues to be an authoritative, evidence-based introduction to a core area of the social...

In an era where sustainable and inclusive development is more critical than ever, the role of active people’s participation has become the cornerst...

This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic development in India. Focusing o...

This book presents a sociological interpretation of the emergence of modernity in India via the colonial encounter, and its ramifications for India...

This book studies the intersection of language and social privilege in education in India. Drawing on rich ethnographic detail and primary data, it...

समाजशास्त्र अनिवार्य रूप से सभी जटिलताओं के साथ समाज के विभिन्न पहलुओं से संबंधित है। समाजशास्त्रीय कल्पना का उपयोग हमें धारणाओं से आगे बढ़ने में सक...

Multiculturalism can be defined as a body of thought in political philosophy about the proper way to respond to cultural and religious diversity. I...

At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohes...

Multimodal Methods in Anthropology develops several goals simultaneously. First, it is an introduction to the ways that multimodality might work fo...

This volume explores the dialogic relationship between myths and places in the historically, geographically, and culturally diverse context of Indi...

यह पुस्तक समस्त भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों में स्नातकोत्तर स्तर पर समाजशास्त्र के नगरीय समाजशास्त्र शीर्ष्षक प्रश्न-पत्र के पाठ्यक्रम का पूर्णतया विवेच...

One of the most important works of modern anthropology. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, the book took seri...

The book, New Perspectives in Community Development comprises a wide range of theoretical, conceptual and analytical papers on the important emergi...