Book contents
- Democracy and Inequality in India
- Dedication
- Democracy and Inequality in India
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Politics at the Apex
- Part II Politics from Below
- 3 Caste, Politics, and Development
- 4 Labor, Gender, and Civil Society Mobilization
- Part III Regional Diversities
- Part IV India and the World
- References
- Index
3 - Caste, Politics, and Development
from Part II - Politics from Below
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Book contents
- Democracy and Inequality in India
- Dedication
- Democracy and Inequality in India
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Politics at the Apex
- Part II Politics from Below
- 3 Caste, Politics, and Development
- 4 Labor, Gender, and Civil Society Mobilization
- Part III Regional Diversities
- Part IV India and the World
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 examines the evolution of caste and democracy.In doing so, it focuses on three aspects – the relationship between caste and electoral politics, the trajectory of caste-based reservations (affirmative action), and the link between development indicators and caste in the contemporary period. Though caste mobilization has indeed pluralized representative politics in India, substantial economic and social gains by the lower castes have been limited.
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- Democracy and Inequality in IndiaPolitical Economy of a Troubled Giant, pp. 95 - 135Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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