The book is an attempt to understand the interface between ethnicity and cultural assimilation. The Pakhtoons or Pashtuns are the world's largest (patriarchal) segmentary lineage ethnic group. According to Ethnologue, the total population of the group is estimated to be around 50 million. The I] chapter on "ETHNICITY: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK" debates about the conceptual analysis, theory, perspectives and discussions about ethnicity in sociology and Social anthropology. The II] chapter entitled "CULTURAL ASSIMILATION" provides a thorough understanding and analysis of this grand narrative of...

The book provides an insight into if not all but at least into the burning issues and themes of sociological research in the society of Jammu and Kashmir. It offers a broad spectrum of topics so that scholars from the field of sociology and anthropology may take some help to devise new topics and undertake appropriate research techniques while dealing with different social settings throughout the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The book as we hope will serve as a guide to scholars particularly in sociology for further research by giving them an idea about the most suited research tool and design...