Trends in Sociology : Education, Development and Diaspora

Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Education: 1. Information technology education in private sector: a case study of Andhra Pradesh/Nagaraju Gundemeda. 2. Education and social stratification: a sociological perspective/Indu Shekhar. 3. Emerging challenges to management education in global economy/Ashita Aggarwal and Irfan A. Rizvi. 4. Privatisation of higher education and Dalits: a critical appraisal/Suresh Babu G.S. 5. Facing visual challenges in humanities and social sciences in the Third World/K. Hemachandran. II. Development: 6. Sericulture as a case of development in the context of globalisation: a village study from Andhra Pradesh/Eswarappa Kasi. 7. Gender and development: a sociological perspective/J.P. Singh. 8. Separation of child from mother: exclusion of poor from environment/Y. Srinivasa Rao. 9. Banking with the poor: a case study of Self-Help Groups in Orissa/Chittaranjan Das Adhikary. III. Diaspora: 10. Oppression and resistance: the early history of the Indian Diaspora in Canada/Dave Sangha. 11. Indian Diaspora in the United States and changing labour market dynamics/Shanthi Krishnaraj. 12. Indian Diaspora and nation building: philanthropic engagement with the country of origin/Sadananda Sahoo. 13. Roots or wings: Dilemma of the Young Indo-Mauritians/Abha Pandey. Index.

"The book brings together research, critical analysis, and new areas of investigation in the discipline of sociology. The topics included in the book are education, development, NGOs, gender, environment, Diaspora, philanthropy, ethnicity and identity. The book is useful not only for sociologist but also for social anthropologist, political scientists, demographers, NGOs, and scholars interested in research on voluntary sectors." (jacket)