Sociology in India: Retrospect and Prospect

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Sociology in the 1980’s: retrospect and prospect/M.S.A Rao. 2. Theoretical orientations and methodological perspectives for sociology in India in the 1980’s/Y.B. Damle. 4. A new sociology for India – review of sociology in the 1970’s and perspective for the 1980’s/T K N Unnithan. 5. Relevance of the Marxist approach to the study of Indian society/A R Desai. 6. Tasks of the sociologist in India in the 1980’s/P.K.B. Nayar. 7. Family research in India/M G Kulkarni. 8. Sociology of education in India: emerging trends and needed research/Suma Chitnis. 9. Urban sociology in India: (i) Present trends: perspectives and research needs/K. Chandrasekhariah. (ii) Emerging trends in urban studies in India/K N. Venkatarayapa. 10. Research in industrial sociology: trends and issues/Krishan Lal Sharma. 11. Sociology of the professions in India: emerging trends and needed studies/S M Dubey. 12. Sociology of crime and deviance: an appraisal/K S Shukla. 13. Sociology of health and medical care: research need and challenges/S R Mehta. 14. Sociology of population studies: existing gaps and emerging trends/K. Mahadevan.