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100	1		_aHasnain, Nadeem, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSociology of marginalized communities and weaker sections in India / _cNadeem Hasnain, former Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Lucknow, India.
300			_axxii, 275p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages B-1-B-6) and index.
520			_a"First-ever textbook dealing with the marginalized communities and weaker sections of the Indian society through historical and contemporary societal perspectives. Marginalized and weaker sections of India such as scheduled castes, OBCs and scheduled tribes, and minorities -- linguistic, religious and sexual -- have been studied under different disciplines over the years, especially sociology, social anthropology, social work and political science. This book comprehensively brings together the major findings and debates around all the marginalized, socially excluded and weaker sections of the Indian society"--
650		0	_aSocial classes _zIndia _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aCaste _zIndia _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aMinorities _zIndia _zSocial conditions _vTextbooks.
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