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About The Book: For any social and economic development, adequate sanitation in conjunction with good hygiene and safe water are essential to good health. A lack of sanitation and hygiene contributes to arrange of health and environmental problems. The resulting sickness causes suffering, and loss of opportunities to earn a living or gain an education. Though the Congress led UPA government started with 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan', present day Modi government continued it with 'Swachh Bharat Mission' with greater vigour. The programme is aimed at creating a clean India by 2019 with people's participation. The book, Sociology of Sanitation, provides indepth knowledge of sanitation and also provides a glimpse of Sulabh Sanitation Movement. The book is useful for students, educators, social workers, social scientists, social planners and policy makers. The book shows that 'Swatch Bharat' will lead to 'Swasth Bharat'. About The Author: Richard Pais retired as Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, St Aloysius (Autonomous) College, Mangalore. He has post graduate degrees in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Poona and Ph.D. from the Mangalore University. He has written/edited 17 books and an equal number of research papers/articles. In 2007, he received the L. P. Vidyarthi Award conferred by Indian Social Science Association, Agra for his contribution to the development of Social Sciences in the country. He is the Managing Editor of Social Science Gazetteer, the Journal of Indian Social Science Association, Agra and Chief Editor of Samaja Shodhana, the Journal of Mangalore Sociology Association, Mangalore. At present, he is the VicePresident of Indian Social Science Association, Agra. Contents: (7 ) CONTENTS: Foreword 11 Preface 15 Chapter 1 Introduction to Sociology of Sanitation 17 1.1 Meaning and Definition 18 1.2 Sociology and Sanitation 19 1.3 Origin of Sociology of Sanitation 21 1.4 Nature of Sociology of Sanitation 22 1.5 Subject Matter of Sociology