Caste, class, and democracy
Author: Vijai P. Singh
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published:
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1412819164
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Author: Vijai P. Singh
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published:
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1412819164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ghanshyam Shah
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 1843310856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Indian constitution seeks to prevent the perpetuation of caste and build a casteless social system. But in over half a century since Indian independence, this has not been achieved and does not seem likely in the near future. Therefore, no understanding of Indian politics is possible without a thorough understanding of the complexities of the caste system. The aim of this four-part book is to bring about such an understanding. It begins by examining the various meanings attached to the notion of caste. The essay and book extracts in this first section include classic writings on caste such as those by G S Ghurye, Louis Dumont, Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar. The second part consists of essays that demonstrate the relationship between caste and power. The third part comprises material that investigates caste and various Indian political practices on the ground. The fourth, on caste and social transformation, includes discussion on one of the most salient topics in contemporary Indian politics, namely, the issue of reservations for socially backward castes.
Author: Kavalam Madhava Panikkar
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Vijai P. Singh
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780870735769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is an introduction to the role of caste and class in Indian society, meant to emphasize certain important aspects of Indian society such as continuity and change in caste, economic classes, status of women, status of Harijans, village poli�tics, overseas Indians, and casteism and tribalism. Its theoretical interest is to explain the dynamics of social inequalities in Indian society. All but one of the essays are based on research conducted in India. The other is based on research on Indian plantation workers in Sri Lanka, and included here to demonstrate that the concepts of caste and class are relevant to understanding In�dians who have emigrated to overseas countries.
Author: Satendra Kumar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-09-21
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 1000684318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the intersection of caste and politics in North India and highlights its contribution to the anthropological study of democracy. It argues that the long-term process of internalization of democracy within the caste body has fundamentally changed the workings of the Indian party system. Drawing on an in-depth ethnographic case study of the Gujjars, a marginalized caste group in India, the book presents a systematic analysis of the political mobilization and culture of political participation of the Other Backward Classes to understand why and how certain caste groups have been more successful in politics than others. It discusses various key themes such as popular democracy and the politics of caste, regional politics and territoriality, myth, legends and heroes in the Gujjar community, the transition from lineage deities to caste deity, and the (re)formation of caste-community identity. It reveals the symbiotic relationships between religion and caste and shows how religion shapes contemporary caste. The book makes an important contribution to the study of marginalised groups and their politicization and fills a significant gap in the political sociology of India. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology, history, exclusion studies, Dalit studies, political studies, history, social anthropology, and South Asian studies.
Author: S. Akinchan
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9788121204866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book for the first time brings into focus the various important aspects of political sociology, i.e.perspectives and nature of political sociology, scope and approaches, political socialization and political participation, structural, functional approach and systems analysis, modernization, nation-building, class, caste, politics, elites, leadership and social-mobilization. Invaluable for social Engineers, sociolists etc.
Author: Manoranjan Mohanty
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2004-05-24
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 9780761996439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation. This volume of essays looks into the dynamic interconnection of class, caste and gender in the Indian political process. The focus is on interconnection (that is a relationship involving more than one category), while at the same time trying to understand each category by itself. The complex issues of caste, gender and class have been studied through a collection of essays that look into the people's struggle for social equality. Social oppression has been analyzed in the context of protests against such exploitation. Anti-caste movements and women's movements have been studied in much detail. The volume is divided into five sections and well-known specialists have contributed pertinent essays. This important book will contribute immensely in the understanding of the contemporary Indian political process.
Author: Kanta Murali
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1107154502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book traces the social and political origins of economic policy in India during its high growth phase after 1991.
Author: Lonnie Trinidad
Publisher: Lonnie Trinidad
Published: 2020-08
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781637331798
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was created for the modern American looking to expand their knowledge on the multitude of manifestations of caste influence on political, economic, and social life from historical events to present day narratives. All of the information, research, and anecdotes contained in this book belong to Isabel Wilkerson, the author of Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. This novel serves to streamline the narrative and theories presented by Wilkerson into more digestible knowledge for the average American. While none of the ideas are original, all are paraphrased from the research and a multitude of stories that were used in constructing this powerful foundation for understanding the origin and perpetuation of caste in America. This novel explores the many facets of caste, concluding that it is caste and not racism or class that is the institutionalized system that prohibits the progress of racial equality in America. In this book, you will learn how the creation of caste is completely arbitrary and entirely fabricated and how it became the fabric of American society. You will be able to see the ways in which caste was perpetuated in the United States and the way in which our caste system was influenced by the caste systems of Germany and India. You will conclude this novel with the ability to scrutinize the larger caste system at work in addition to being able to see in which ways you perpetuate caste in your own life, with the hopes that all those who read this book will work to dismantle it.
Author: Oliver Cromwell Cox
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2018-05-05
Total Pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780366412075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics Religion and caste The Meaning of Hinduism Hinduism as a Religion Mysticism, an Indispensable Factor Karma and Caste. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.