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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Diaspora (from the Greek meaning scattering, dispersion) is the mass migration of people with common roots to more than one location. The word was first used for Jews exiled from Israel in ancient times. The Indian diaspora, of over twenty million, is spread across many regions and continents. This collection of essays examines the concept of diaspora, considering its cultural, economic, geographical, political and social dimensions, and focuses on the Indian diaspora. It also examines issues of displacement and resettlement, and of the creation of a distinctly socio-religious Indian community. This volume reflects on conceptual and methodological questions, as well as the historical contours of the issue. Readers will find analyses of the nature of migration, ethnic divides and tensions, and linkages with the homeland. Case studies of the Indian diaspora in Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Fiji, as well as the diaspora of Dalits, provide insights regarding multiculturalism. Discussions on how place is being substituted by space and how globalisation gives a new direction to migration are among the distinctive features. The essays also traverse the fields of sociology, social anthropology and cultural mediations. An invaluable resource for students of modern Indian history, politics and sociology, this book should appeal to all those interested in understanding the ramifications of the Indian diaspora. This collection will be of help to researchers enquiring into multicultural ties and policy makers concerned with international relations.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. As an ism ageism reflects a prejudice in society against older adults Ageist attitudes are perpetuated in many ways for example by the lack of positive images of the elderly in advertisements and on TV programmes and the widespread use of demeaning language about old age The intentional mistreatment of or harm to elderly persons is elder abuse Abuser can be any one that an older person comes in contact with For example he may be caregiver a neighbour or any other member who has a negative attitude towards the elderly persons Mostly they are abused by family members and relatives Abuse can be verbal psychological emotional financial and physical Due to the fear of victimization elderly people isolate themselves and thereby become a prisoner in their own homeTwenty-six papers divided into two parts highlight the various issues relating to ageism and elder abuse in developed and developing  countries This volume will be a valuable source material to psychologists sociologists social workers and gerontologists  in planning the strategies  to combat ageism and elder abuse in society at large 400 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents : Preface. Introduction : some reflections on caste and class in India K.L. Sharma. 1. Caste, class and politics in colonial Bengal : a case study of the Namasudra movement of 1872-1937/Sekhar Bandyopadhyay. 2. Caste and power in West Bengal/Ranabir Samaddar. 3. Caste-class situation in rural West Bengal/Srijnan Halder. 4. Caste, class and landholding in the analysis of technology and agricultural production in Bihar/Shaibal Gupta. 5. The Orissan society : past trends and present manifestations/Bhairabi Prasad Sahu. 6. Caste and Kulaks in Eastern India : a comparison of Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal/Anjan Ghosh. 7. Kanshi Ram and the Bahujan Samaj party/Gail Omvedt. 8. Caste, land and political power in Uttar Pradesh/Imtiaz Ahmad and N.C. Saxena. 9. Feudalism, caste and class in Rajasthan/K.L. Sharma. 10. Caste sentiments, class formation and dominance in Gujarat/Ghanshyam Shah. 11. Caste and class in Maharashtra/Sharad Patil. 12. Class, caste and ideology in Maharashtra/Rajendra Vora and Suhas Palshikar. 13. Agrarian tensions in rural Marathwada : a case of the Shiv Sena/Surendra Jondhale. 14. Growth, inequities and tensions : a case study of Sangli district, Maharashtra/S.P. Punalekar. 15. Caste, class and politics in the Tanneries of Kolhapur/Gopal Guru. 16. Caste and land in colonial South India/A. Nagaraja Naidu. 17. Caste and class in rural Andhra : a historical perspective/A. Satyanarayana. 18. The formation of caste society in Kerala : historical antecedents/Rajan Gurukkal. 19. Caste-class situation in India/A.B. Bardhan. 20. Caste, class and social consciousness : reflections on contemporary Indian situation/Javeed Alam. "Caste and class as topics of research may cover almost entire gamut of sociological inquiry. The book, caste and class in India, is an outcome of a very well organized and academically fruitful exercise under the auspices of the TDSS, Pune. The papers included in the volume, covering nine states, highlight the complex dynamics of the nexus between caste and class. Caste as seen from the class point of view and class as seen from the caste point of view make it explicit that the two inhere each other historically as well as in contemporary India as inseparable aspects of India s social formation. However, the dynamics of the nexus have varied from region to region. This is how West Bengal presents a different scenario compared to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. What is today in the form of casteism in Bihar is not found elsewhere in the country. Rajasthan, despite its feudal legacy, has witnessed remarkable socio-economic and political changes in the post-independence period, and this is much less evident in the case of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh. "A lot of anti-Brahmin movements in the southern states and Maharashtra before independence created a great deal of socio-political awakening among the masses. The movements organized by the left parties after 1947 have further added to the persisting anti-Brahmin and anti-landlord thinking among the dalits. Despite all these antithetical tendencies, caste persists, and in some cases even the upper caste leaders of the left parties have been found as the biggest landlords in Kerala and some other parts of India. Caste seems to have its decline and revival at the same time, and this is possible because caste is appropriated by a select group of people to their economic and political advantages. The volume highlights on these and several other aspects of caste-class and class-caste nexus from historical as well as contemporary perspective. It would help teachers, researchers, students and policy-makers immensely by providing a panoramic view of the interpenetrating but not mutually reducible phenomenon of caste and class in India". (jacket). …

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction/Barbara Berkman, K.L. Sharma and Daniel B. Kaplan. 1. Social and health perspectives on global ageing/James Lubben and JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez. 2. Social work with older people in Europe/Angie Ash and Judith Phillips. 3. Australia s response to population ageing and the development of gerontological social work/Elizabeth Ozanne. 4. Japanese approach to elder abuse/Hanae Kanno and Amy L. Ai. 5. Elders expectations of community health services in China/Jinyu Liu and Mercedes Bern-Klug. 6. Advancing social work practice with family Caregivers/Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, Jung Kwak and Jeannine M. Rowe. 7. Engaging older adults in community development/Carol D. Austin, Robert W. McClelland, Jackie Sieppert and Ellen Perrault. 8. Discrimination against older workers/Rita Jing-Ann Chou. 9. Putting age in context/Christina Matz-Costa, Rene Carapinha and Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes. 10. Cultural context of health and well-being among Samoan and Tongan American Elders/Halaevalu Vakalahi. 11. The right not to know: exploring the attitudes of older Iranian immigrants about medical disclosure of terminal illness/Shadi Sahami Martin. 12. Ageing and cancer/Peter Maramaldi and Tamara Cadet. 13. Ageing population and economic growth/Yuvraj Saharan. 14. Population ageing and affirmative policy for the elderly in India/Jaya Shrivastava. 15. Is economic security of elderly a concern for India/Kshipra Jain and Mayank Prakash. The questions of gerontology are truly global in scope. In the light of alarming predictions of the difficulties we will face due to population ageing, and with experts across the globe highlighting the benefits of interdisciplinary practice and multidisciplinary considerations for health and ageing, the book is both timely and telling. The fields of health care, ageing, and social work are often treated as discrete entities, while all social workers deal with issues of health and ageing on a daily basis, regardless of practice specialization. Fifteen original papers by most experienced and prominent scholars of gerontology across the world provide social workers with up-to date knowledge of evidence-based practice guidelines for effectively assessing and treating older adults and supporting their families. The contributing authors paint rich portraits of a variety of populations that social workers serve and arenas, in which they practice, followed by detailed recommendations of best practices for an array of physical and mental health conditions. Professionals seeking an accessible source of specialized information about how best one can serve the elderly and their families, will find this informative book indispensable. It is hoped that this book will be useful, informative and thought provoking to the researchers, policy makers and NGOs working in the fields of gerontology, social work, sociology and psychology.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. Sustainable livelihood security of resource poor farmers is the top priority for the nation today. However, there is wide gap in productivity of various horticultural commodities among different eco-regions, where horticulture can play significant role particularly in arid and semi arid regions, it is far below than the potential productivity. Hence, sustained and steady growth in rural income is critical for positive impact on living standard of various stakeholders. Therefore, an appropriate strategy needs to be devised for such climatically vulnerable regions. The net income of farmers can surely be increased by efficient management of nutrient, water and agri-input, integrated horticulture based farming system, better market price realization, post harvest management and value addition, integration of secondary enterprizes and thereby improving productivity of arid and semi-arid horticultural crops. In this book, several such interventions are given inform of various chapters which will be of immense use improving the productivity and profitability of horticultural commodities.…