Six Essays in Comparative Sociology

Politics & Social Sciences

Béteille, André

Social Sciences

Oxford Univ. Pr.

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

Should quotas in education and employment be treated as matters of policy and not of right? Is the individual or groups of the community the fundamental bearer of rights and capacities? Can past disparities be adequately redressed? The author begins to address these issues with a sociological critique of the equality provisions in the Constitution of India. He argues that the problem is not simply of the contradiction between the principle of equality and the practice of inequality, but also of the tensions between divergent concepts of equality. He focuses on the problem of balancing the principle of equal opportunities with the principle of redress, citing disparities between groups that were such a striking feature of traditional India. The author argues that if caste quotas are treated as matters of right and extended indefinitely, there will be irreparable damage to institutions such as universities, hospitals and banks that are governed by principles that are radically different from those governing the relations between castes.

The Backward Classes in Contemporary India (Oxford India Paperbacks)

History

Middle East

Oxford University Press

Caste, Class and Power is an intensive study of the changing patterns of social stratification in a multi-caste village in South India. This village provides the background for this unusual description of contemporary change in as traditional society reacting to outside pressures.

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

This volume brings together some of the most important essays written over the past two decades by one of India's most distinguished social scientists. In these papers, Beteille considers the relationship between various forms of inequality and distinction (race, caste, tribe, ethnicity, and gender), the relationship between the values of equality and individualism, and the ambivalent role of the modern Indian state as the guarantor of these values.

Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology)

Asia

Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions

Addressing ideologies like Marxism, secularism, and nationalism, this collection studies the tensions and contradictions in society as manifested through different social and political institutions. Written by one of the preeminent sociologists of India, it seeks to develop the methods, concepts, and theories of the discipline through an in-depth exploration of various establishments.

This work deals with the relationship between three fundamental aspects of social stratification, and provides a method for describing and analyzing variation and change in systems of stratification. This new edition incorporates significant additional material in the form of two appendices, dealing with issues of substance and method, and an epilogue which surveys the changing fortunes of village studies in India.

Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village (Oxford India Paperbacks)

The essays in this volume deal with various aspects of inequality with special reference to contemporary India but has been viewed in a comparative perspective.  They deal with different forms and dimensions of inequality and with alternative conceptions of equality.

The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays

Sociology

Marxism has played a crucial role in the development of sovial analysis in India. This collection of essays addresses the problems of inequality, class and conflict in India with special reference to its agrarian social structure.

Marxism and Class Analysis

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Six Essays in Comparative Sociology

The idea of natural inequality and other essays

The Backward Classes in Contemporary India (Oxford India Paperbacks)

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

Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology)

Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions

Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village (Oxford India Paperbacks)

The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays

Antinomies of Society: Essays on Ideologies and Institutions

Marxism and Class Analysis