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J. Daniel Elam, Impossible and Necessary: Anticolonialism, Reading, and Critique (Hyderabad, Orient Black Swan, 2021), 212 pp., ₹895.00 (Hardback). ISBN: 978-8-1949-2583-5.

There have been several contentions, characterisations and controversies over Max Weber's treatment of history in his sociological writings both during his lifetime and after him as well. While some contest his contentions, others doubt the type of English translations made of his German writings. There is a need to take stock of and consolidate the sociologically relevant historical writings of Max Weber in proper perspective. The article raises the following two issues: (a) How can the claim be justified that Max Weber is one of the users of the comparative historical approach rather than one belonging to those using the evolutionary historical approach? (b) What are the specialities of his treatment of history in his methodology and substantive works? It is the specific intention of this article to consolidate the historical materials in the sociological writings of Weber so as to reconstruct his comparative historical approach as against positivist evolutionary history.

Walter Fernandes, Joydeep Baruah and Augustin Millik, Ownership, Management and Alienation: Tribal Land in Northeast India. North Eastern Social Research Centre & OKD Institute of Social Change and Development. North Eastern Social Research Centre, 2018, v + 168 pp., ₹300 (hardback). ISBN: 13: 978-8193878545.

Denzil Saldanha (Ed.). Identity within Hegemonic Process: Adivasi Ethnicity-Class.New Delhi: Aakar Books, 2019, viii + 268 pp., ₹895 (hardback). ISBN: 978-93-500-2574-1.

The task of conflict analysis is to unravel the complex dynamics of interactive processes in order to understand how and why people resort to violence. Based on the field research, this article seeks to analyse the following: (a) to study the causal dynamics and structural characteristics of the manifestation of violent conflict in Kandhamal; (b) to assess the role played by governmental organisations and non-governmental organisations in the pre- and post-conflict situation; (c) to explain the post-conflict scenario in terms of its immediate and long-term impact and (d) to conclude with analysis of the policy implications and to suggest strategies for establishment of peace in the area on sustainable basis. This study represents an exploratory and descriptive research design. Sources of data included both secondary and primary in nature.

Keeping in view the role of the police in a modern society, the respect for the rule of law and the trust of the community as a critical resource, more and more police organizations around the world have embraced Community Policing with the objective of making the police sensitive to the needs of the community. However, in the absence of an institutional and legal framework and a resultant lack of understanding of the dynamics of policy processes, many such initiatives failed to stand the tes...