Indian Society Institutions and Change

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The book highlights the nature and features of Indian society and the charges that has taken place in various social institutions during different historical phases. This is comprehensive book and covers subjects widely prescribed in the syllabi of various Indian Universities at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels in sociology. The topics covered include Indian society and culture, Indian society and social institutions, social change in India and Indian social institutions, contemporary Indian society and culture. While the subject has been presented in an analytical style with central, side and running headings, integral and holistic view has been adopted, in matters having different opinions. The language is easy and free of technical jargon as far as possible. At the end of each chapter, questions of university examinations have been given to help the students for preparing well for the examination. This ideal textbook will prove most useful to the students, teachers, policymakers and common readers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rajendra K. Jain

Rajendra K Jain of European Studies and Director, Europe Area Studies Programme, Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal University, new Delhi. He was Network Coordinator of the JNU European Union Studies Programme (financed by the European Commission) (2002-2004). He was formerly Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow at the University of Constance and Visiting fellow at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London and the Foundation of Science and Politics, Germany. He has been Visiting Professor at the universities of Leipzig and Tuebingen and Maison des Sciences de Iâ€™Homme, Paris. He has published nearly sixty journal articles an is the author/editor of over twenty books, including India and the European Union in the 21st Century and the European Union in a Changing World.