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The Profession and its Association

Five Decades of the Indian Sociological Society

Sujata Patel

University of Pune spatel{at}unipune.ernet.in

The Indian Sociological Society was founded in 1951, and in 1967 merged with the All India Sociological Congress. Its development has been very much affected by the cleavage between regional (local-language)and national (English-language) universities, and the tendency for intellectual leaders to make particular departmental schools dominant. After the Delhi World Congress the organization was reconstructed, and became permanently based in Delhi; this is more efficient, and membership has grown, but it has also made it more centralized. The size and diversity of the potential constituency have made it difficult to cater for all interests, and there has also been pressure from a right-wing government with a religious agenda; moves are, however, now under way to bridge the regional and hierarchical divisions.

Key Words: All India Sociological Congress • Indian Sociological Society • sociology in India

International Sociology, Vol. 17, No. 2, 269-284 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0268580902017002008
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