Social Movements II

Concerns of Equity and Security

Oommen

Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Discusses equity and security concerns in social movements
Covers social movements related to peasant and labour, women and students/youth, and ecological and environmental issues
Topical and interdisciplinary
Contributions by well-known scholars and academicians

Social Movements II

Concerns of Equity and Security

Oommen

Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Description

Inequity manifests in different forms in different contexts - it could based on income disparity, gender, and class, and impact different aspects of society. Social Movements II: Concerns of Equity and Security, part of the Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology (OIRSSA) series, examines the phenomenon of social movements in India with respect to the concerns of equity and security as two forces behind contemporary social movements. The issue of equity is concerned not only with income and class but is also related to ideas of development and distributive justice for peasantry and labour. It is also the focus of groups such as women and the youth, which occasion protests and mobilizations. Moreover, in the current scenario, booming economies, soaring populations, and choices of development strategies have a bearing on the rise of social movements related to ecology and the environment. This reader brings together a selection of essays that explore the various dimensions of equity, and also covers issues of environmental and ecological security. These are imperative in situating related social movements in the wider context.
This reader will be useful for students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, social history, Indian politics, and those studying Indian society and social movements in particular.

Social Movements II

Concerns of Equity and Security

Oommen

Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Preface; Acknowledgements; General Introduction: On the Analysis of Social Movements (T.K. Oommen); Section I - Peasant and Labour Movements; Introduction to Section I;
1.: Indian Peasant Uprisings (Kathleen Gough);
2.: Naxalbari Peasant Movement (Partha N. Mukherji);
3.: The Bhoodan Gramdaan Movement (T.K. Oommen);
4.:. The new Farmer's Movement in Maharashtra (D.N. Dhanagare);
5,: The Indian Labour Movement: Growth and Character (S.M. Pandey);
6,:Changing Industrial Relations: India, 1950-2000 (Debashish Bhattacharjee);
7.: Labour Activism and Women in the Unorganised Sector (Supriya Roy Chowdhury);
Section II - Women and Students Youth Movements; Introduction to Section II;
8.: Changing Terms of Political Discourse: Women's Movement in India, 1970s-1990s (Indu Agnihotri and Vina Mazumdar);
9.: The Anti-dowry Movement in Delhi (Rajni Palriwala);
10.: The Self-Employed Women's Association (Martha A. Chen);
11.: The Transformation of the Indian Students' Movement (Philip G. Altbach);
12,: Student Power: Mobilization and Protest (T.K. Oommen); Section III - Ecological and Environmental Movements; Introduction to Section III;
13.:Ecology Movements in India (Vandana Shiva);
14.:. Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups (Ranjit Dwivedi);
15.:. Protest against Displacement by Development Projects (T.K. Oommen); Notes on Contributors; Index

Social Movements II

Concerns of Equity and Security

Oommen

Oxford in India Readings in Sociology and Social Anthropology

Author Information

Oommen, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Contributors:

Indu Agnihotri is Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi; Philip G. Altbach is Monan Professor of Higher Education and Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA; Debashish Bhattacharjee is Professor, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata; Martha A. Chen is Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; D.N. Dhanagare was Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pune; Ranjit Dwivedi was Research Scholar at the Institute of Social Sciences, The Hague;
Kathleen Gough was Professor of Anthropology at Simon Fraser University, Canada; Vina Mazumdar is National Research Professor, Centre for Women's Development Studies, Delhi; Partha N. Mukherji is Professor, S.K. Dey Chair, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi; T.K. Oommen is Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi;
Rajni Palriwala is Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; S.M. Pandey was Senior Research Fellow, Sri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations; Supriya Roy Chowdhury is Professor, Institute of Economic and Social Change, Bangalore; Vandana Shiva is Director, Navdanya, New Delhi.