The practice of sociology
By: edited by Maitrayee Chaudhuri.
Contributors: Chaudhuri, Maitrayee.
Publisher: Orient Longman
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hyderabad, India
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: Sociology -- Study and teaching -- India -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: With reference to India; contributed papers presented at a conference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Maitrayee Chaudhuri; title: Teaching as a subversive activity : pedagogies for change / Rudolf C. Heredia; title: Teaching sociology : reflections on method, truth, and knowledge / Avijit Pathak; title: What skills can students acquire from social sciences? / Mohammad Talib and Savyasaachi; title: "Make it soft and easy" : the undergraduate syllabi in sociology / George Jose; title: Development sociology and the "poverty" question / Ravinder Kaur; title: Environment and society : towards a sociological perspective / Indra Munshi; title: Caste inequality and Indian sociology : question of disciplinary location / Satish Deshpande; title: "Dalit" struggle for recognition within Indian sociology / Edward A. Rodrigues; title: The encounter of sociology and women's studies : questions from the borders / Mary E. John; title: Sociology and gender studies : the story of the crocodile and the monkey / Sharmila Rege; title: "Matrilineal puzzle" re-examined : dialectics of kinship and gender among the tribes of North East India; title: / Tiplut Nongbri; title: Between sociology and cultural studies : engagements / Seemanthini Niranjana and Sasheej Hegde; title: Culture and globalisation : in my classroom and outside / Maitrayee Chaudhuri; title: Newness in sociological enquiry / Andre Beteille.