The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century by Surinder S. Jodhka ISBN 9789391047191, 939104719X, B0CG682DWS instant download

The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century by Surinder S. Jodhka ISBN 9789391047191, 939104719X, B0CG682DWS instant download

‘India lives in its villages’.

In The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century, award-winning sociologist Surinder S. Jodhka critically examines the changing nature of the village in India, both as an idea and as a lived reality. Reflecting on the colonial construction of India as a land of village republics, a representation that was turned on its head in different ways by Indian nationalists in the early twentieth century, and the post-liberalization nation, this book provides a detailed account of how rural lives have been transformed in India through the decades. The book also looks at India’s modern villages to showcase the current diversity within agrarian and rural realities with specific focus on the processes of development and democracy in rural areas.

Surinder S. Jodhka is a Professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has extensively researched and published on the dynamics of caste in present times, aspects of the agrarian economy, changing patterns of social and political life in contemporary rural India, and the sociology of community identities. He is the editor of the Routledge India book series on ‘Religion and Citizenship’ and co-editor of the Oxford University Press book series on ‘Exploring India’s Elite’. He is a recipient of the ICSSR-Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientists.