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From Hierarchy to Ethnicity - The Politics of Caste in Twentieth-Century India (Hardcover)
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From Hierarchy to Ethnicity - The Politics of Caste in Twentieth-Century India (Hardcover)
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Caste and ethnicity have been crucial in shaping the discourse
around identity politics in modern South Asia. This book critically
discusses two important trends in twentieth-century Indian politics
- the rise in the political salience of caste identities, and a
shift in the way caste identity was conceptualized; from a
hierarchical system based on the adoption of specific behaviours to
a system based on bounded and autonomous groups not dissimilar to
ethnic groups as conceived of in other parts of the world. It
traces these changes to the evolving incentives of the elites of
poorer ethnic groups, which are themselves a product of the gradual
rise of literacy in colonial South Asia, and the democratization of
the political system. This theory challenges accounts that
emphasize the role of the colonial state in the evolution of caste.
It presents a wide range of novel historical evidence to support
these claims, both qualitative and quantitative, and covering both
the colonial and post-independence periods.
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