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Informationen zum Autor T.K. Oommen is Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Klappentext This reader brings together a selection of writings on peasant and labour movements; women and students youth movements; and ecological and environmental movements. It discusses contemporary social movements in India from the perspective of equity and security. Zusammenfassung Inequity manifests in different forms in different contexts - it could based on income disparity, gender, and class, and impact different aspects of society. Social Movements II: Concerns of Equity and Security, part of the Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology (OIRSSA) series, examines the phenomenon of social movements in India with respect to the concerns of equity and security as two forces behind contemporary social movements. The issue of equity is concerned not only with income and class but is also related to ideas of development and distributive justice for peasantry and labour. It is also the focus of groups such as women and the youth, which occasion protests and mobilizations. Moreover, in the current scenario, booming economies, soaring populations, and choices of development strategies have a bearing on the rise of social movements related to ecology and the environment. This reader brings together a selection of essays that explore the various dimensions of equity, and also covers issues of environmental and ecological security. These are imperative in situating related social movements in the wider context. This reader will be useful for students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, social history, Indian politics, and those studying Indian society and social movements in particular. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; General Introduction: On the Analysis of Social Movements (T.K. Oommen); Section I - Peasant and Labour Movements; Introduction to Section I; 1.: Indian Peasant Uprisings (Kathleen Gough); 2.: Naxalbari Peasant Movement (Partha N. Mukherji); 3.: The Bhoodan Gramdaan Movement (T.K. Oommen); 4.: . The new Farmer's Movement in Maharashtra (D.N. Dhanagare); 5,: The Indian Labour Movement: Growth and Character (S.M. Pandey); 6,: Changing Industrial Relations: India, 1950-2000 (Debashish Bhattacharjee); 7.: Labour Activism and Women in the Unorganised Sector (Supriya Roy Chowdhury); Section II - Women and Students Youth Movements; Introduction to Section II; 8.: Changing Terms of Political Discourse: Women's Movement in India, 1970s-1990s (Indu Agnihotri and Vina Mazumdar); 9.: The Anti-dowry Movement in Delhi (Rajni Palriwala); 10.: The Self-Employed Women's Association (Martha A. Chen); 11.: The Transformation of the Indian Students' Movement (Philip G. Altbach); 12,: Student Power: Mobilization and Protest (T.K. Oommen); Section III - Ecological and Environmental Movements; Introduction to Section III; 13.: Ecology Movements in India (Vandana Shiva); 14.: . Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups (Ranjit Dwivedi); 15.: . Protest against Displacement by Development Projects (T.K. Oommen); Notes on Contributors; Index ...
