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Caste

About: Caste is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5681 publications have been published within this topic receiving 91330 citations. The topic is also known as: caste system.


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the capacity of formal education to undermine established processes of caste and class reproduction in an area of north India, with particular reference to the views and strategies of educated Dalit young men.
Abstract: This article considers the capacity of formal education to undermine established processes of caste and class reproduction in an area of north India, with particular reference to the views and strategies of educated Dalit young men. It draws on quantitative and qualitative research conducted by the authors in a village in Bijnor district, western Uttar Pradesh (UP). We discuss how educated Dalit young men perceive education, how they seek to use educational credentials to obtain ‘respectable’ jobs, and how they react when this strategy fails. Increased formal education has given Dalit young men a sense of dignity and confidence at the village level. However, these men are increasingly unable to convert this ‘cultural capital’ into secure employment. This has created a reproductive crisis which is manifest in an emerging culture of masculine Dalit resentment. In response to this culture, Dalit parents are beginning to withdraw from investing money in young mens’ higher secondary and tertiary-level education. Without a substantial redistribution in material assets within society, development initiatives focused on formal education are likely to be only partially successful in raising the social standing and economic position of subordinate groups.

119 citations

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TL;DR: This paper found that personal goals should be rare among Indians, rebellion against family and caste should be unusual, and deviation from the etiquette of hierarchy should be infrequent, and the significance of personal explanations of autonomy and motivation has been discounted.
Abstract: Explanations by social scientists of the Indian person have emphasized the subordination of the individual to caste and family and the compelling influence of hierarchy for explaining motivations for behavior. They have asserted there is no room for individuation and personal autonomy in Indian society. If correct, personal goals should be rare among Indians, rebellion against family and caste should be unusual, and deviation from the etiquette of hierarchy should be infrequent. Based on 23 life histories, the findings of this article contradict this view. As Indians age, achieving a degree of autonomy is an increasingly important theme in adult life and is closely associated with rebellions against hierarchy and with these Indians' perception of responsibility for how their lives turn out. The article concludes that hierarchy has been given such a dominant role in describing Indian society that the significance of personal explanations of autonomy and motivation has been discounted.

119 citations

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TL;DR: Marain and P.C. Mathur as mentioned in this paper describe the evolution of a counter-ideology: Dalit consciousness in Maharashtra and a pattern of politico-economic change among tribals in Middle India Manoranjan Mohanty: Class, caste and dominance in a backward state: Orissa Atul Kohli: From elite activism to democratic consolidation: The rise of reform communism in West Bengal Paul Wallace: Religious and ethnic politics: Political mobilization in Punjab Santosh Goyal: Appendix I: Note on the class and caste structure of India's agricultural economy Appendix II: Social
Abstract: Iqbal Marain & P.C. Mathur: The thousand year Raj: Regional isolation and Rajput Hinduism in Rajasthan before and after 1947 Ghanshyam Shah: Caste sentiments, class formation and dominance in Gujarat Jayant Lele: Caste, class and dominance: Political mobilization in Maharashtra Jayshree B. Gokhale: The evolution of a counter-ideology: Dalit consciousness in Maharashtra Sachchidananda: Pattern of politico-economic change among tribals in Middle India Manoranjan Mohanty: Class, caste and dominance in a backward state: Orissa Atul Kohli: From elite activism to democratic consolidation: The rise of reform communism in West Bengal Paul Wallace: Religious and ethnic politics: Political mobilization in Punjab Santosh Goyal: Appendix I: Note on the class and caste structure of India's agricultural economy Appendix II: Social background of Indian corporate executives.

117 citations

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01 Oct 1949
TL;DR: Caste and Class in a Southern Town as discussed by the authors is a classic in American studies and has become a benchmark in social science methodology and a classic example of American studies in the South.
Abstract: An extraordinary powerful exposition of social patterns in a small town, "Caste and Class in a Southern Town "has become a benchmark in social science methodology and a classic in American studies. Now fifty years after its original publication, John Dollard's most famous work offers timeless insights and remains essential to those interested in race-related social issues. In 1937, W. E. B. Du Bois observed, "Dr. Dollard's study is one of the most interesting and penetrating that has been made concerning the South and is marked by courage and real insight. . . . Dr. Dollard's book marks a distinct advance in the study of the Southern scene."

117 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023585
20221,232
2021241
2020254
2019243
2018247