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This collection of 14 articles, published over the years in the Sociological Bulletin, attempts to address the crucial issues concerning environment in India. It deals with population pressure, migration, technological changes, the changes in land-use patterns for livelihood practices, and depletion and destruction of resources due to mega projects in the country.
Explaining demographical approach to the study of urban ecology, it analyses the ecology and ...
Tribes and their cultures have been a stimulant for many, particularly for their rich cultural heritage and unique style of living. The colonial construction, which gave rise to a ethnocentric and isolated concept of tribe does not hold good today. Today, the impacts of modernisation, development and globalisation on the tribes have assumed great significance. Besides, a pro-tribal or a pro-administration approach will not be fruitful; rather, a ...
This book deals with the issues of development among Scheduled Tribes in India. The President of India by his special power declared some communities in various pockets of our country as Scheduled Tribes on 26 January 1950 under Article 342 of the Constitution of India. According to the recently circulated Draft of the National Policy on Tribals, there are 67.8 million Scheduled Tribe people, Comprising 8.08 per cent of India’s population. There are 698 ...
Ecology is of great concern to every society because it depends upon its environment for resources that safeguard its survival. Resources that safeguard its survival. Resource mobilization has been largely cultural in nature. Less technological skill means less exploitation of natural resources and advanced technology means more aggressive resource exploitation. Today undoubtedly maddening consumerism has resulted in serious ecological crises. It is of mounting ...
The volume posits a critique to the prevalent dichotomy between the mainstream of Indian society and the tribal cultures. Here, an attempt has been made to explore why this dichotomy came into existence and what have been its consequences in the socio-politically reality of the nation. Drawing from both micro and macro studies the authors question the utility of traditional anthropological discourses on tribal societies. An endeavour to move beyond the ...