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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 present a theory of the determinants of pressure-group formation and provide the necessary Indian historical priors to explain Indian political behavior and present empirical predictions for Indias future based on the theory presented.
Abstract: This study provides some insights into the nature of Indian governance and society and the nature of pressure groups in developing societies. Overall results suggest that rent seeking based on preexisting criteria will be difficult to dislodge once ensconced. This is independent of changes over time in the relative wealth of the recipients of rewards of reservations and of whether it is based on caste ethnicity language or something else. There are important lessons to be learned both from India and elsewhere. Section I provides an introduction into the literature and the study. Section II presents a theory of the determinants of pressure-group formation and Section III provides the necessary Indian historical priors. Section IV describes the phenomenon that traditional factions in India are becoming increasingly important in politics even as they become less important in economic life. Section V outlines why existing social science theory cannot explain this disparity section VI explores the ability of pressure-group theory to explain Indian political behavior and section VII lays out empirical predictions for Indias future based on the theory presented. Finally section VIII presents a conclusion to the study.

55 citations

Book
22 Feb 2018
TL;DR: This book discusses Gendered Mobilisation: Women as Activists and Symbols, Land, Identity, and the Politics of Representation, as well as class, Caste and Community.
Abstract: Over the past decade India has witnessed a number of land wars that have centred crucially on the often forcible transfer of land from small farmers or indigenous groups to private companies. Among these, the land war that erupted in Singur, West Bengal, in 2006, went on to make national headlines and become paradigmatic of many of the challenges and social conflicts that arise when a state-led policy of swiftly transferring land to private sector companies encounters resistance on the ground. Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India analyses the movement by Singur’s so-called unwilling farmers to retain and reclaim their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the movement’s internal politics as well as on contentious issues rooted in everyday caste, class and gender relations.

55 citations

Book
01 Jan 1994
Abstract: Introduction. 1. Is a Theory of Caste still Possible?: D. Quigley (Queena s University of Belfast). 2. Caste, Democracy and the Politics of Community in India: S. Mitra (University of Hull). 3. Berreman Revisited Caste and the Comparative Method: U. M. Sharma (University of Keele). 4. Girasias and the Politics of Difference in Rajasthan: Caste, Kinship and Gender in a Marginalised Society: M. Unnithan (University of Sussex). 5. Caste without a System a Study of South Indian Harijans: R. Deliege (University of Louvain/FNRS). 6. Religion, Caste and other identities: Mary Searle--Chatterjee (Manchester Metropolitan University). 7. Caste -- A Personal Perspective: A. Shukra. Notes on Contributors. Index

55 citations

Book
10 Jul 2017
TL;DR: The authors in this paper suggest that the ambitious campaign is unlikely to be successful in eliminating open defecation, as the math simply doesn't work. But they also suggest that if you build it, they will not go, which is the message of the wonderful book, "Where India Go: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste".
Abstract: If you build it, they will not go. This is the message of the wonderful book, Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste by Diane Coffey and Dean Spears. Prime Minister Modi declared an ambitious goal of eliminating open defecation by October 2nd, 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth. The programme known as the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) proposes to achieve this goal by providing a latrine for 123 million households that lack one. This means building 67,000 latrines per day over a five-year period. However, the book suggests that the ambitious campaign is unlikely to be successful in eliminating open defecation – the math simply doesn’t work. To achieve the goal, the rate of open defecation has to decline by 50 percent over five years. Whereas the highest decline ever recorded was achieved by Ethiopia, was a decrease of 17 percent over 5 years.

55 citations


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