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