Caste and Democracy in IndiaA Perspective from Below

Language: English

Published by Gyan Publishing House, 2024

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Language: English. About The Book: This book makes two claims about Jati (caste) and democracy in India. First, Social Scientists have only partially understood the realities embedded in the institution of Jati. Second, this partial understanding has propagated a distorted picture of the relationship between Jati and democracy. To prove these claims, the book critically examines structures and processes in the Jati and Indian democracy like Political Parties, Civil Society Organizations, Selfrepresentation, Personality Cult, and Corruption. On the above bases, the book argues that two opposite views on the relationship between Jati and democracy have emerged in the Indian academia; one, Jati as functional for society but antithetical to Indian democracy and second, Jati as dysfunctional for the exuntouchables but functional for the Indian democracy. However, the first view is more privileged than the other. While the book makes an attempt to map the reasons for this privilege, it tries to record the second with a 'perspective from below'. About The Author: Vivek Kumar is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University where he earned his PhD. A recipient of Fulbright Teacher's Fellowship, Dr Kumar has been a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, USA where he taught a course on 'social Exclusion and Inclusion in Indian Society' during the Spring Semester, 2012. He has also been a visiting fellow at Humboldt University, Germany in 2013 as a DAAD UGC fellow. He has recently completed a research project, "Social Status and Social Attitudes in India: A Study of Indian College Students," with Harvard University and University of British Columbia. Dr Kumar was appointed as Lecturer at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai in 1996 and has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Pune, Jammu, and Mumbai. His publications include the edited volume Dynamics of Change and Continuity in the Age of Globalization: Voices from the Margins (2009); India's Roaring Revolution (2006) and Dalit Leadership in India (2002). He was Chairman, SubGroup on Awareness Generation, Statistics, Monitoring, Innovation and Research for the formulation of the 12th Five Year Plan (201217) constituted by the Ministry of Empowerment and Social Justice, Government of India (2012). He was also member, Committee on Midterm appraisal of Tribal SubPlan and Scheduled Caste SubPlan of the 11th Five Year Plan constituted by the Planning Commission of India. The Title 'Caste and Democracy in IndiaA Perspective from Below written/authored/edited by Dr. Vivek Kumar', published in the year 2024. The ISBN 9789362808851 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 346 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Political Science / General. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 346.…

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Title
Caste and Democracy in IndiaA Perspective from Below
Author
Dr. Vivek Kumar
Publisher
Gyan Publishing House
Publication year
2024
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Paperback
Language
English
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