Social movements in India : studies in present, backward classes, sectarian, tribal and women's movement / edited by M. S. A. Rao

Includes selected bibliography.

PART I : SECTION II : CONCEPTUAL PROBLEM : Conceptual problems in the study of social movement / M. S. A. Rao -- SECTION II : PEASANT MOVEMENT : Naxalbari movement and the peasant revolt in north bengal / Partha N. Mukherjee -- Peasant movement in Uttar Pradesh / Rajendra Singh -- Peasant movement in Telangana / K. Ranga Rao -- SECTION III : BACKWARD CLASSES MOVEMENTS : Reform movement among the Waddars of Karnataka / Chandrashekhar Bhat -- Social movement among the backward classes and blacks : homology in the sources of identity / M. S. A. Rao -- SECTION IV : RELIGIOUS AND SECTARIAN MOVEMENTS : Social change and religious movement in nineteenth century Panjab / Kenneth W. Jones -- Organization of virasaiva movement : an analysis in the sect-church framework / Arun P. Bali -- A guru-centered movement in the making / Kolleen and Gar Kellom -- Tabligah movement among the Meos of Mewat / I. S. Marwah -- SECTION V : TRIBAL MOVEMENT : Challenges and responses in tribal India / B. K. Roy Burman -- Social movement among the Santals / Joseph Troisi -- SECTION VI : WOMEN'S MOVEMENT : Women's movement in India : traditional symbols and new roles / Geraldine H. Forbes