Table of Contents
Preface;
General Introduction: On the Analysis of Social Movements, T.K. Oommen;
Section One: Peasant and Labour Movements;
Introduction to Section One;
1. Indian Peasant Uprisings, Kathleen Gough;
2. Naxalbari Peasant Movement, Partha N. Mukherji;
3. The Bhoodan Gramdaan Movement, T.K. Oommen;
4. The new Farmer's Movement in Maharashtra, D.N. Dhanagare;
5. The Indian Labour Movement: Growth and Character, S.M. Pandey;
6. Changing Industrial Relations: India, 1950-2000, Debashish Bhattacharjee;
7. Labour Activism and Women in the Unorganised Sector, Supriya Roy Chowdhury;
Section Two: Women and Students Youth Movements;
Introduction to Section Two;
8. Changing Terms of Political Discourse: Women's Movement in India, 1970s-1990s, Indu Agnihotri and Vina Mazumdar;
9. The Anti-dowry Movement in Delhi, Rajni Palriwala;
10. The Self-Employed Women's Association, Martha A. Chen;
11. The Transformation of the Indian Students' Movement, Philip G. Altbach;
12. Student Power: Mobilization and Protest, T.K. Oommen;
Section Three: Ecological and Environmental Movements;
Introduction to Section Three;
13. Ecology Movements in India, Vandana Shiva;
14. Parks, People and Protest: The Mediating Role of Environmental Action Groups, Ranjit Dwivedi;
15. Protest against Displacement by Development Projects, T.K. Oommen;
Notes on Contributors;
Index