Sociology of education in India : changing contours and emerging concerns

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION IN INDIA-TRAJECTORY, LOCATION, AND CONCERNS (GEETHA B. NAMBISSAN AND S. SRINIVASA RAO) PART I: DISCIPLINARY TRAJECTORIES AND INSTITUTIONAL DOMAIN 1. SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION IN INDIA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT (SUMA CHITNIS) 2. SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA: DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES AND INSTITUTIONAL SPACES (KARUNA CHANANA) 3. SOFT DISCIPLINES AND HARD BATTLES (PADMA M. SARANGAPANI) 4. OPENING UP THE BLACK BOX? SOCIOLOGISTS AND THE STUDY OF SCHOOLING IN INDIA (GEETHA B. NAMBISSAN) 5. THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY IN INDIA: A CRITIQUE AND A NEW RESEARCH AGENDA (PADMA VELASKAR) 6. DOES EDUCATION REALLY CHANGE SOCIETY? THEORETICAL REFLECTIONS ON A CASE STUDY (AMMAN MADAN) PART II: CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS AND EMERGING DISCOURSES 7. GENDER, CHILDHOOD, AND WORK IN THE NATION: VOICES AND ENCOUNTERS IN AN INDIAN SCHOOL (NANDINI MANJREKAR) 8. CASTE AND SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION: NATURE, FORMS, AND CONSEQUENCES IN EDUCATION (G.G. WANKHEDE) 9. STRUCTURAL EXCLUSION IN EVERYDAY INSTITUTIONAL LIFE: LABELLING OF STIGMATIZED GROUPS IN AN IIT (S. SRINIVASA RAO) 10. CONTROLLING MINDS, DISCIPLINING BODIES: LIFE INSIDE A MADRASA (ARSHAD ALAM) 11. REPRODUCTION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN PLURAL CULTURES: AYURVEDA EDUCATION IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA (LEENA ABRAHAM) NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS