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This volume examines the functioning of societies through a systematic study of a wide range of perspectives on conflict, including the historical implications in various spheres like family, culture, politics, and labour. It also discusses conflict resolution. _ _ _
List of contents
- Series Note
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Introduction by N. Jayaram and Satish Saberwal
- I. Family Sphere: Introduction
- 1: Partition of the Household (T.N. Madan)
- 2: Muslim Karkhanedars in Delhi (S.M. Akram Rizvi)
- 3: The Decline of Nayar Taravads (Robin Jeffrey)
- 4: Restitution of Conjugal Rights: A Controversial Case in Colonial Bombay (Sudhir Chandra)
- 5: Marital Interaction and Adjustment (G.N. Ramu)
- Further Readings
- II.Cultural Sphere: Introduction
- 1: The State and Caste Conflicts: Two Cases from Tamil Nadu (Björn Alm)
- 2: Communal Riots and Labour: Bengal's Jute Mill-hands in the 1890s (Dipesh Chakrabarty)
- 3: Some Unconscious Aspects of Ethnic Violence in India (Sudhir Kakar)
- 4: Mizoram: Ethnic Dynamics of Autonomy and Secession (Urmila Phadnis)
- 5: Time, Self, and Community Features of the Sikh Militant Discourse (Veena Das)
- 6: Ritual and Resistance: Subversion as a Social Fact (Nicholas B. Dirks)
- Further Readings
- III. Political Sphere: Introduction
- 1: Rebellion as Custom ( Ramachandra Guha)
- 2: Protest, Revolution and the Student Leader (Sudhir Kakar and Kamla Chowdhry)
- 3: Dynamics of Factional Conflict: The Break-up of the Indian National Congress in 1969 (P.N. Rastogi)
- 4: Conflict Cycles: The Interaction of Local and Regional Politics in India (Donald W. Attwood)
- Further Readings
- IV. Work Sphere:
- 1: Agrarian Relations in Tanjore District (André Béteille)
- 2: The Politics of Agrarian Tension in Kerala (T.K. Oommen)
- 3: Worker Consciousness and Trade Union Response in Bombay (E.A. Ramaswamy)
- 4: Strategies in the Bombay Textile Strike, 1982--83 (H. van Wersch)
- Further Readings
- V. Conflict Resolution:
- 1: Judicial Functions of Panchayats in Shanti Nagar (Stanley A. Freed and Ruth S. Freed)
- 2: Clan, Kinship, and Panchayat Justice Among the Jats of Western Uttar Pradesh (Stig Toft Madsen)
- 3: Some Notes on Law and Change in North India (Bernard S. Cohn)
- 4: Village Disputes and Colonial Law: Two Cases From Chattisgarh, Central India (Saurabh Dube)
- 5: Social Organization at the District Courts: Colleague Relationships Among Indian Lawyers (Charles Morrison)
- 6: The Aborted Restoration of 'Indigenous' Law in India (Marc Galanter)
- 7: Courts and Conflict in an Indian City: A Study in Legal Impact (Robert L. Kidder)
- Epilogue (N. Jayaram and Satish Saberwal)
- Postscript: Continued Engagement with Conflict (N. Jayaram and Late Satish Saberwal)
- Bibliography
- ^ Notes on Contributors
- Index
About the author
N. Jayaram is Professor, Centre for Research Methodology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.
Late Satish Saberwal was Professor of Sociology at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Summary
This volume examines the functioning of societies through a systematic study of conflicts. It reviews a wide range of perspectives on conflict, including the historical implications for India's social, cultural, political, and labour-related problems. Thematically organized, the readings are divided into five sections. The first discusses, among other issues, the partition of the household; and restitution of conjugal rights and marital adjustments. The second section focuses on caste conflicts and the state; communal riots; and ethnic violence and industrial unrest. The third section illustrates the interaction between local and regional politics; protest movements; rebellion; and party factions. Section four deals with tensions in the work place, and the last section explores the different modes of resolving conflicts taking into account both the panchayats and the modern court systems. This second edition contains a new Postscript which draws attention of the readers to the trends in the study of conflict since the publication of the first edition, and a new Preface.
It will interest students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics, and history.
