This volume, the fourth in the series entitled Readings in Indian Government and Politics, examines non- or extra-institutional collective actions as agents of political and social changes, and social movements as a defining force in the political process. INDICE: PrefaceIntroduction - Ghanshyam ShahNine Theses on Social Movements - Andre Gunder Frank and Marta FuentesCyclical Movement toward the `Eternal' - `Nine Theses of Social Movements' - D N Dhanagare and J John A CritiqueMasses, Classes and the State - Rajni KothariSocial Origins of the Peasant Insurrection in Telengana, 1946-51 - D N DhanagareNaxalbari and the Left Movement - Sumanta BanerjeeFarmers' Movements in Contemporary India - Dipankar GuptaOrganized Labour and Militant Unionism - Salim Lakha The Bombay Textile Workers' Strike of 1982Tribal Solidarity Movements in India - Surajit Sinha A ReviewTribal Autonomy Movements in Chhotanagpur - K S SinghAmbedkar and After - Gail Omvedt The Dalit Movement in IndiaTaking Stock - Lakshmi Lingam Women's Movement and the StateDirect Action in India - Ghanshyam Shah A Study of Gujarat and Bihar AgitationsLittle Nationalism Turned Chauvinist - Amalendu Guha Assam's Anti-Foreigner Upsurge, 1979-80`God Must Be Liberated' - Peter Van Der Veer A Hindu Liberation Movement in AyodhyaChipko - Ramachandra Guha Social History of an `Environmental' MovementSelect ReadingsIndex
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