Caste, Politics and Policy-Making Ravi Ranjan - Tapa dura

Caste Politics and Policy-Making

Contents Preface 1 Caste Politics and Votes in India 2 The Politics of the Caste System 3 Parties and Political Stability in India 4 Caste Politics and Policy in India 5 Non-violence and the Politics of a Politicism 6 Democratic Practice and Social Inequality in India 7 Cast Politics in North West and South India before Mandal Commission Bibliography IndexPolitics in contemporary India is marked by the resurgence of caste and communal politics The past two decades have seen a dramatic collapse of the old political formations and parties which had dominated the politics of the Nehruvian era Even the movements of that period right up to the mid-1970s were largely movements on economic issues and questions of corruption black-marketing hoarding and food shortages Recent Indian experience points to the close link between rapid social change breakdown of consensus on fundamental issues in society and the role of political parties to deal with the resultant political instability This book examines the principles underlining the Caste Politics and Policy-maker Despite the fact that the government of India has for over sixty years now applied these measures to overcome discrimination based on caste politics and policy respectively jacket 296 pp. Nº de ref. del artículo: 99762

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