Nation, civil society and social movements : essays in political sociology / T.K. Oommen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-255) and index.

Nation, religion and language -- Conceptualising nation and nationality in South Asia -- New nationalisms and collective rights: the case of South Asia -- Religious, nationalism and democratic polity in India: an untenable linkage -- Language and nation: for a cultural renewal of India -- Civil society, state and governance -- State, civil society and market in India: gradual autonomisation -- Civil society: religion, caste and language in India -- Civil society and good governance in India: the pre-requisites -- Civil society and the deprived: the relevance of perspective from below -- Movements, policies and modernities -- Movements and policies: a misplaced polarity in social research -- Social movements in the three worlds: a comparative perspective -- Social movements in the Third World: some specificities -- Multiple modernities and the rise of new social movements: the case of India.

Among the issues being extensively debated throughout the world today are the relevance of the nation-state, the role of civil society in good governance, and the relationship between social movements and social policy. Professor Oommen analyses these issues and simultaneously contests several of the prevailing conceptualisations, both Indian and Western, while invoking South Asian/Indian empirical reality to interrogate, modify and reformulate western theory. Following an over-arching Introduction, the three interrelated themes are discussed in separate sections, each containing four chapters.

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