Class, Caste, Gender
This volume of essays looks into the dynamic interconnection of class, caste and gender in the Indian political process. The focus is on interconnection (that is a relationship involving more than one category), while at the same time trying to understand each category by itself.\ The complex issues of caste, gender and class have been studied through a collection of essays that look into the people's struggle for social equality. Social oppression has been analyzed in the context of protests...
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This collection explores class, caste, and gender in India in both historical and analytical terms. Fifteen chapters contributed by 17 Indian scholars and activists examine the dynamic interconnections of these three elements in the Indian political process. Using the centrality of power as the organizing theme, the text considers the state, social processes and political movements as they relate to the struggle for social change encountered by women, disadvantaged castes, and oppressed classes. This academic text is suitable for students, policy makers, bureaucrats, journalists, social activists, and general readers. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
List of Tables and Figures7Preface8Preface101.Introduction: Dimensions of Power and Social Transformation14Part IClass Structure and the State2.Caste and Agrarian Class: A View from Bihar473.The Political Economy of the Economic Reform Strategy: The Role of the Indian Capitalist Class894.The Working Class Movement in India: Trade Unions and the State106Part IICaste Domination and Political Power5.Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development1316.Caste in Modern India1547.Caste in Indian Politics1838.Reservations Policy Revisited2079.Caste or Class or Caste--Class: A Study in Dalitbahujan Consciousness and Struggles in Andhra Pradesh in 1980s22710.The Language of Dalitbahujan Political Discourse256Part IIIGender Inequality and Social Change11.Conceptualizing Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early India: Gender, Caste, Class and State27112.An Overview of the Status of Women in India29613.Women and People's Movement: A Space within the Struggle32014.Gender Inequality and Women's Agency33815.Conclusion: Social Movements in a Creative Society388Appendix407Select Readings417About the Editor and Contributors423Index427
