Tribe and Class in Monrovia
Tribe and Class in Monrovia

Author: Merran Fraenkel

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08-22

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9781138594210

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Originally published in 1964, this book analyses the unique type of social stratification which is more akin to a social class system in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Liberia, established in 1847 has no history of rule by a colonial power and is of perculiar sociological interest, having been governed until the first half of the twentieth century by a minority group of immigrants from America and their descendants. The bulk of the population, however, is made up of members of about 20 tribes, between whom and the American descendants a caste-like social system has developed.

Social Stratification
Social Stratification

Author: Dipankar Gupta

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13:

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This is a collection of sociological essays on four main themes in Indian culture: caste, caste profiles, class and conflict.

Ground Down by Growth
Ground Down by Growth

Author: Alpa Shah

Publisher: Anthropology, Culture and Society

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780745337685

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Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Traveling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India's "untouchables" and "tribals" fit into the global economy. India's Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain among the most oppressed. Conceived in dialogue with economists, Ground Down by Growth reveals the lived impact of global capitalism on the people of these communities. Through anthropological studies of how the oppressions of caste, tribe, region, and gender impact the working poor and migrant labor in India, this startling new anthology illuminates the relationship between global capital and social inequality in the Indian context. Collectively, the chapters of this volume expose how capitalism entrenches social difference, transforming traditional forms of identity-based discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression.

Handbook on Social Stratification in the BRIC Countries
Handbook on Social Stratification in the BRIC Countries

Author: Peilin Li

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 854

ISBN-13: 9814390429

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Along with the fast growing economy, the term "BRICs" was coined to represent the newly emerging countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China. This book shows readers that it is the profound social structural changes in these countries that determine their future, and to a large extent, will shape the socio-economic landscape of the future world.

Social Stratification in Tribal Africa
Social Stratification in Tribal Africa

Author: Ladislav Holý

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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Obsah: L. Holý, M. Stuchlík: Analysis of Social Stratification; L. Holý: Social Stratification in Rwanda; J. Kandert: Social Stratification of the Zande; O. Skalníková: Social Stratification of the Agni; M. Stuchlík: SocialStratification of the Herero; J. Svobodová: Social Stratification of the Bamileke.

Social Stratification in Contemporary China
Social Stratification in Contemporary China

Author: Li Qiang

Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Published: 2016-03-31

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1626430446

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Social Stratification in Contemporary China raises and debates major sociological issues of modern and present-day China from a historical perspective. Such topics as “equality and inequality"and “acceptability of defined inequality"have been dealt with in a broad historical context since 1949 when the People’s Republic was founded. The work is widely accepted as one of the most important studies trying to clarify the difficult perceptions of policy of reform and opening up that was formulated and implemented in the early 1980s in China. Professor Li Qiang is one of the leading sociologists in China.