A Guide to the Study of Social and Economic Groups and ... - icrisat
A Guide to the Study of Social and Economic Groups and ... - icrisat
A Guide to the Study of Social and Economic Groups and ... - icrisat
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A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GROUPS"<br />
AND . STRATIFICATION IN ICRISAT'S INDIAN VILLAGE LEVEL:STUDIES<br />
ABSTRACT<br />
Because it directly affects crucial processes<br />
'including production, dem<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> distribution, social<br />
stratification occurring in agricultural societies is<br />
an important phenomenon. This paper deals with <strong>the</strong><br />
•study <strong>of</strong> that system <strong>of</strong> stratification known as caste,<br />
which up <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> present has been dominant in many<br />
SoUth Asian societies <strong>and</strong> especially in India. It<br />
aims <strong>to</strong> provide a brief, non-technical introduction<br />
<strong>to</strong>.tur<strong>the</strong>r reading on <strong>the</strong>'subject. It defines <strong>and</strong> discusses<br />
basic aspects <strong>of</strong> caste, <strong>and</strong> presents a number<br />
<strong>of</strong> measures for study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> social <strong>and</strong> economic dyna-.<br />
mics <strong>and</strong> effects <strong>of</strong>‘caste in selected Indian agricultural<br />
villages.
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