Table of Contents

1 Race, caste and gender 2 Race, caste and ethnic identity 3 The concept of tribe with special reference to India 4 Caste and politics in Tamilnadu 5 The politics of 'non-antagonistic' strata 6 Networks in Indian social structure 7 The future of the Backward Classes: the competing demands of status and power 8 Equality as a right and as a policy 9 Individualism and equality 10 Individual and·person as subjects for sociology