Checkpoint Sociology A Cultural Reading of Policies and Politics

Relying on many years of fieldwork and on his involvement with several national level policy making bodies, this book presents a cultural interpretation of how public life and state interventions in India should be viewed.

About the author

Dipankar Gupta taught in the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, for three decades. He has authored numerous books on caste, modernity, rural India and ethnicity. His current interest lies primarily in understanding how sociology can help understand and assist social policy.

Summary

Relying on many years of fieldwork and on his involvement with several national level policy making bodies, this book presents a cultural interpretation of how public life and state interventions in India should be viewed.

Product details

• Authors: Dipankar Gupta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 09.10.2024
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work
• EAN: 9781032523415
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252341-5
• Pages: 246
• Subjects: Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Public Policy Analysis, Sociological Methodology, cultural determinants, sociological approaches to policymaking, caste relations India, urban citizenship studies, anti-poverty programmes