The objective is to develop a theoretical scheme in relating caste structure to agricultural development in Indian villages by using the concept of caste dominance originally proposed & used by Srinivas in interpreting the process of Sanskritization in Ru India. The basic argument is that it is ...

One of the basic arguments is that the comprehensive development of a local community requires coordination & integration among its diverse interest fields. Coordination & comprehensiveness of the community structure are observable at the levels of all 3 analytical units of the community fie...

In the past, study of the ecological aspect of the community has ranged from a somewhat superficial treatment of the spatial patterning of a locality to a depth analysis of its ecological structuring & related processes. The present study takes an intermediate position. Study of the ecological a...