Averting the Apocalypse
Subtitle: social movements in India today
By: Arthur Bonner.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Social movements -- India -- Case studies.; Social action -- India -- Case studies.; Social problems -- Case studies.; India -- Social conditions -- 1947-  -- Case studies.
Description: A vivid portrait of India's underclass and a picture of a society bloodied by decades of unequel social structure and the absence of a civil society and political mechanisms capable of responding to exploitation of the poor and weak.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-456) and index.