Ishwar Modi
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Leisure and Life through the Ages is a comprehensive account of eighteen countries from Europe to record developments in the field of leisure from a worldwide and comparative perspective. The coverage of the volume extends to Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The book also has a summarising article on Europe in the beginning ...
This volume addresses the rich and varied thoughts, concepts, approaches and leisure practices in sixteen countries of the three continents – Australia, Asia and Africa. Per continent listed in alphabetical order in this volume information is provided on the development of leisure in: Australia and New Zealand for the continent Australia; China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Korea, The Philippines and Turkey for Asia; and, Africa (a summarizing ...
The book takes up gender as a central issue and examines the gender dimension of globalisation: issues like women in fields like the sciences and cyberspace, economic equality and gender neutrality, and women’s safety. The essays on identity and marginalisation of tribes, dalits, the minorities, children and the disabled study themes bearing reference to different states: deprivation and dependent economic development among tribal women in Madhya Pradesh, ...
The essays by scholars on aspects of society, polity and religion in present-day India deal with the interplay between politics and religion and the notion of secularism in India. Referring to the contributions of many personalities and with extensive notes, they examine the construction of varied identities based on religion and social factors like caste, gender and community. In particular, they are concerned with the Hindu engagement with Christianity in ...
The book is primarily a self-presentation of Indian sociologists and their recent theoretical and empirical research endeavours. Not only it provides an opportunity for diagnosing what Indian sociologists have identified as the most important issues for various social communities, but also helps reproduce the idiomatic interpretation of modernization in the colonial and post-colonial contexts. And, last but not least, it offers a convenient point of departure for ...
The contributions in this volume focus on a wide range of issues concerning both human values and social change in the context of a multi-cultural and multi-civilizational world, including the perspectives of the social sciences and Gandhian studies. It examines the varied dimensions of the search for values, the paradigmatic changes taking place in Europe and the West and the questions pertaining to value education and spirituality, as well as the spell of ...
Ageing of global society and its impact on human development is a major concern of the twenty-first century. More than any other social phenomenon, ageing, in its varied ramifications, particularly its socio-psychological dimensions, have acquired unprecedented significance both nationally and internationally. This compendium on ageing is an outcome of the academic euphoria generated by the UN International Year of Older persons (1999) and reflects voices and ...