Caste in India, despite its historical resilience, has been
undergoing transformation since independence. If caste as a system
of rigid stratification has been on the decline, castes as
autonomous interest-serving groups have been on ascendance. This
book critically engages with the changing notions of caste and its
intersection with public policy in India. It discusses key issues
such as social security, internal reservation, the idea of Most
Backward Classes, caste issues among non-Hindu religious
communities, caste in census, caste in market, and service castes
and urban planning. Drawing on in-depth case studies from states
including Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil Nadu,
Telangana, and West Bengal, the volume explores the cyclical
process of how caste drives policies, and how policies in turn
shape the reality of caste in India. It looks at the impact of
factors like protective discrimination, adult franchise and
democratic decentralisation, horizontal and vertical mobilisation,
land reforms, and religious conversion on social mobility, and
traditional hierarchy in India. Empirically rich and analytically
rigorous, this book will be an excellent reference for scholars and
researchers of public policy, public administration, sociology,
exclusion studies, social work, law, history, economics, political
science, development studies, social anthropology, and political
sociology. It will also be of interest to public policy and
development practitioners.
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