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Understanding social movements is a complex process. Social movements are more or less persistent, organized effort on the part of a relatively large number of people to bring about or resist social change. They are best understood through different theories such as Functionalism, Marxism, Theory of Collective Action, Relative Deprivation Theory, Strain Theory, Resource Mobilization Theory and New Social Movement Theories. Further understanding of social movements is done through the study of the type of movements. Sociologists and social scientists have studied social movements as revolutionary, reform, reactionary and religious movements. Different movements have different causes and outcomes. But all movements generally go through a life cycle marked by the progressive stages of emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline.
India has seen many movements right from Buddhism and Jainism which can be considered reform movements. At the beginning of last century there was freedom movement followed by a series of environmental movements after independence like Save Silent Valley movement, Chipko movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan and lately Nirbhaya movement and MeToo movement.
First section of this volume is devoted to the conceptual and theoretical understanding of social movements. Contributions in this volume are further categorized into five Indian social movements – Tribal, Dalit, Backward Classes, Environmental and Women’s movements. The book will be useful for students, researchers, teachers, administrators and planners.

CONTENTS
Section I – Introduction
1 Social Movements: An Introduction I Richard Pais
2 Social Movements: Conceptual Understanding I M.H. Makwana
3 Understanding Social Movements: Reflections of Theoretical Orientation and Shifting Paradigms I Manoj Chhaparia

Section II – Tribal Movements
4 Trends in Tribal Movements: A Comparative Analysis of Northern and Southern Regions of India I Y. Ravindranath Rao
5 Tribal Movement in Jharkhand I Rashmi and Prabhat Kumar Singh

Section III – Dalit Movements
6 Dalit Movements in India I Jagan Karade and Avinash Bhale
7 Dalit and Democratic Movement in India: A Socio-Historical Perspective I Rajesh Lakum
8 Dalit Movement in Gujarat I M.H. Makwana and Rajesh Lakum

Section IV – Backward Classes Movements
9 Backward Classes Movement: A Case Study of Tamil Nadu I Richard Pais
10 Backward Classes Movement in Karnataka: A Case Study of Yadava Movement I M. Gurulingaiah

Section V – Environmental Movements
11 Society and Environment I Vinay Rajath D.
12 Environmental Movements in India: Issues and Dynamics I Sumit Saurabh Srivastava

Section VI – Women’s Movements
13 The Women’s Movement in India: A Reflection I Archana Srivastava
14 Feminism in India: An Empowering Journey I V. Basil Hans
15 Caste and Women’s Movement in India: An Uncomfortable Alliance I Sumit Saurabh Srivastava