Understanding Indian society :  the non-Brahmanic perspective / 
edited by S.M. Dahiwale. 
 - Jaipur :  Rawat Publications,  c2005. 
 - x, 266 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Contributed papers presented at a seminar organized under the UGC Special Assistance Programme in the Dept. of Sociology, University of Pune. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction / S.M. Dahiwale -- Understanding Indian society : the relevance of the perspective from below / T.K. Oommen -- Nation, anthropology, and the village / Surinder S. Jodhka -- The broken men theory of untouchability / S.M. Dahiwale -- Perspectives of the anti-caste movements : subaltern sociological visions / Gail Omvedt -- Decoding Dalitism : reflections on Dalit literature in Maharasthra / S.R. Punalekar -- Conversion as subversion of hierarchy / Ambrose Pinto S.J. -- Conversion, empowerment, and social transformation / S.M. Michael -- Brahmanical social order and Christianity in India / Lancy Lobo -- Educational stratification, dominant ideology and the reproduction of disadvantage in India / Padma Velaskar -- Confronting caste inequality : what sociologists must do to reorient social policy / Satish Deshpande. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8170338948 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office  Rs500.00 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005318244 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Caste--India--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Social conditions--Congresses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN682  / .U63 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.512 209 54