Indian Society – Structure & Change (Set of 2 vols.)

The Book

This a new and up-to-date book on ‘Indian Society: Structure and Change’. It is written by an eminent sociologist and teacher educator, who has taught Sociology at various levels from 1961 to 2002 and also trained BEd. course pupil-teachers in the teaching of sociology at the School stage for many years.

The unique features of this book are that it presents the comprehensive and latest information on all the important themes of the Indian society and culture, as prescribed in the new sylla­bus of the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi in a balanced, lucid and easily understandable manner. It is full of latest available sociological data, pictures, diagrams, tables and other interesting illustrations. Key concepts and learning exercises have been given in each chapter.

This is a comprehensive, authentic, lucid and easily graspable introduction to the sociology of Indian society. It will be very useful not only to the students but also to the Bachelor of Social Work and Education and those of other social sciences and to all those in India and in foreign countries who are eager to understand the culture, society, social change, development and the futuristic trends in the emerging Indian

This book is a must for all highly motivated and achievement-oriented readers, students, teachers and citizens of the 21st Century.

The Author

Professor S.P. Ruhela (born 1935) holds the qualification of M.A., PhD and D.Litt. in Sociology, M.Ed. and Certificate in Common Wealth Education (U.K.) He worked as a Lecturer in Sociology since 1961. He worked as a Lecturer in Sociology at the Raj Rishi College, Alwar (1961-66) Lecturer in Sociology of Education at the Department of Foundations of Education, N.C.E.R.T. New Delhi (1966-69), Reader in Education (Sociology and then Professor of Education 1983-2000) at the Jamia University, New Delhi till 2000. He was also the Head of the School of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education at the Himachal Pradesh University (1977­79). Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has contributed over 45 books and 120 research papers and articles in Sociology, Social Anthropology, Soci­ology of Education, Child Education, Sociology of Religious and Spiritual Movements, Educa­tional Technology, and Futurology of Education in India. He specializes in Sociology of Educa­tion, Sociology of Indian Social Institutions. So­ciology of Nomadism, Sociology of Social and Spiritual Movements, Educational Technology and Futurology of Education. His Contributions have been Published in India and also in Germany, Spain, USA, and Japan. He has guided 22 PhD research studies in the Sociology of Education.