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From Hierarchy to Ethnicity
- The Politics of Caste in Twentieth-Century India
Engelsk Hardback
From Hierarchy to Ethnicity
- The Politics of Caste in Twentieth-Century India
Engelsk Hardback

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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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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
310
ISBN-13:
9781108489904
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1108489907
Udg. Dato:
27 feb 2020
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
238mm
Højde:
162mm
Forlag:
Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato:
27 feb 2020
Forfatter(e):
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