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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I THE CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION -- Introduction -- Marx and Weber -- The Contemporary Functionalists -- The Synthesis -- The Concept of Social Stratification -- The Concept of Social Mobility -- The Concept of Social Class -- PART II CONCEPTUALIZATION OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN INDIA -- Caste Stratification -- Mobility in the Caste System -- Caste and Occupation -- The Dimensions of Stratification -- The External Forces -- Caste and Class -- Recent Institutional Changes -- Changes in Three Indian Villages -- The Unit of Analysis -- The Data -- PART III THE STRATIFICATION VARIABLES -- Caste Status -- Property Status -- Political Power -- Educational Status -- Occupational Status -- PART IV CHANGES IN THE STRATIFICATION SYSTEM -- Caste Inequality -- Changes in Caste Inequality -- Economic and Political Inequality -- Changes in Economic Status and Power -- Educational and Occupational Inequality -- Changes in Educational and Occupational Inequality -- The Intergenerational Analysis -- The Stratification System and Intergenerational Change -- Educational and Occupational Mobility -- The Two Class System -- Status Consistency -- PART V CONCLUSIONS AND SOME THEORETICAL APPLICATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX A INTERCORRELATIONS AMONG FAMILY POSSESSIONS IN THE THREE VILLAGES -- APPENDIX B DISTRIBUTION OF OCCUPATIONS ACROSS GENERA- TIONS IN THE THREE VILLAGES -- APPENDIX C INTERCORRELATIONS AMONG THE STRATIFICATION VARIABLES OVER THE THREE GENERATIONS -- INDEXES -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y

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