Thought-provoking and insightful essays on the state of the nation, by a leading Indian sociologist with essays on the role of intellectuals, higher education, equality and justice, tribe and caste, reservation, politics, trade and modernity.

Chronicles of Our Time

Politics & Social Sciences

André Béteille

Social Sciences

Motilal UK Books of India

LOKTANTRA AUR USKI SAMSTHAYEN

Oxford

This is a new edition of a book that examines various forms, dimensions, and conceptions of inequality from a comparative perspective, with special reference to modern India. Combining social analysis with social criticism, Béteille focuses on traditional hierarchical orders as well as modern systems of inequality generated by the market and the state. This second edition includes new essays on "Individualism and the Persistence of Collective Identities," and "Equality of Opportunity and the Equal Distribution of Benefits" and a new introduction.

The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays

Oxford University Press

Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village

University of California Press

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