Caste, Tribe and Religion in Indian Politics
Author: S. N. Singh
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9788187798521
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Author: S. N. Singh
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9788187798521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher: Primus Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 835
ISBN-13: 9380607040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing independence, the Nehruvian approach to socialism in India rested on three pillars: secularism and democracy in the political domain, state intervention in the economy, and diplomatic non-alignment mitigated by pro-Soviet leanings after the 1960s. These features defined a distinct "Indian model," if not the country's political identity. From this starting point, Christophe Jaffrelot traces the transformation of India throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly the 1980s and 90s. The world's largest democracy has sustained itself by embracing not only the vernacular politicians of linguistic states, but also Dalits and "Other Backward Classes," or OBCs. The simultaneous--and related--rise of Hindu nationalism has put minorities--and secularism--on the defensive. In many ways the rule of law has been placed on trial as well. The liberalization of the economy has resulted in growth, yet not necessarily development, and India has acquired a new global status, becoming an emerging power intent on political and economic partnerships with Asia and the West. The traditional Nehruvian system is giving way to a less cohesive though more active India, a country that has become what it is against all odds. Jaffrelot maps this tumultuous journey, exploring the role of religion, caste, and politics in determining the fabric of a modern democratic state.
Author: Romesh Thapar
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 192
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 624
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alyssa Ayres
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 0190494522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLong plagued by poverty, India's recent economic growth has vaulted it into the ranks of the world's emerging powers, but what kind of power it wants to be remains a mystery. Our Time Has Come explains why India behaves the way it does, and the role it is likely to play globally as its prominence grows.
Author: Shyam S. Agarwalla
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 316
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Publisher: Asia Book Corporation of America
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 394
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 328
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Author: Sumit Guha
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013-09-12
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9004254854
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Caste' is today almost universally perceived as an ancient and unchanging Hindu institution preserved solely by a deep-seated religious ideology. Yet the word itself is an importation from sixteenth-century Europe. This book tracks the long history of the practices amalgamated under this label and shows their connection to changing patterns of social and political power down to the present. It frames caste as an involuted and complex form of ethnicity and explains why it persisted under non-Hindu rulers and in non-Hindu communities across South Asia.
Author: Susan Bayly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-02-22
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780521798426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis explores the emergence of the ideas, experiences and practices which gave rise to the so-called 'caste society' from the pre-colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. Using an historical and anthropological approach, she frames her analysis within the context of India's dynamic economic and social order, interpreting caste not as an essence of Indian culture and civilization, but rather as a contingent and variable response to the changes that occurred in the subcontinent's political landscape through the colonial conquest. The idea of caste in relation to Western and Indian 'orientalist' thought is also explored.