Caste, Class, and Urbanization: The Shaping of Religious Community in Contemporary India

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-518

  Stroope, Samuel ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Community; India; Religion; Stratification; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLASS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84855325367     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9784-y     Document Type: Article

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