Nation, civil society and social movements : essays in political sociology /
T. K. Oommen.
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2004.
- 206 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Nation, religion and language -- Conceptualising nation and nationality in South Asia -- New nationalisms and collective rights: the case of South Asia -- Religious, nationalism and democratic polity in India: an untenable linkage -- Language and nation: for a cultural renewal of India -- Civil society, state and governance -- State, civil society and market in India: gradual autonomisation -- Civil society: religion, caste and language in India -- Civil society and good governance in India: the pre-requisites -- Civil society and the deprived: the relevance of perspective from below -- Movements, policies and modernities -- Movements and policies: a misplaced polarity in social research -- Social movements in the three worlds: a comparative perspective -- Social movements in the Third World: some specificities -- Multiple modernities and the rise of new social movements: the case of India.
0761998284 (Cloth) 9780761998280
Civil society--India. Nationalism--India. Political culture--India. Political sociology. Social movements--Developing countries. Social movements--India.