Pecuniarisation: A New Theory of Social Change in India

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The theory of Pecuniarisation, the outcome of the findings of an anthropological study, is one of the important features of this book. Though this book is on a Kerala village, it provides a comprehensive profile of an Indian village. It also examines the extend of the application of existing theories, namely, Structural Functionalism, Structural, and Sanskritization in the present century, particularly with reference to the Indian context. This book provides a compendious review of contemporary Indian rural life. Pecuniarisation will be one of the most important theories in Social and Cultural Anthropology and Sociology. This book will be highly useful for students, scholars, and researchers in the field of Social an Cultural Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, History, Political Science, Business, Management, Social Work, etc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.S. Mahendrakumar

Dr. M.S. Mahendrakumar is a Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Kannur University in Kerala. He is the recipient of the first Ph.D. Degree (2004) of Kannur University, which was established in 1996. He is the member of the Board of Studies of Anthropology (PG) of the Kannur University. He was the Convenor of the First National Seminar on Visual Anthropology conducted by the Department of Anthropology, in collaboration with IGRMS, Bhopal and Anthropological Survey of India, Kalkata. He has worked in National and International Research Projects, and published a few research articles. He is also the Co-investigator of a two-year UGC Major Research Project (2005-2007)

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Title
Pecuniarisation: A New Theory of Social Change in India
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8183870392
Length
x+217p., Tables; Figures; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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