Politics in India / edited by Sudipta Kaviraj.

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Kaviraj, Sudipta [Ed.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology | Oxford in India readings in sociology and social anthropology | Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.Description: ix, 404 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0195648730
9780195648737

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DDC classification:

320.954 KAV

Contents:

Power and territory / Louis Dumont -- Caste and modern politics / Rajni Kothari -- Caste and political group formation in Tamilnad / André Béteille -- The nation and its outcasts / Partha Chatterjee -- On the diversity of ruling traditions / Satish Saberwal -- On the construction of colonial power: structure, discourse, hegemony / Sudipta Kaviraj -- The study of state and society in India / Nicholas Dirks -- Regime types and economic performance / Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Pursuing equality: an assessment of India's policy of compensatory discrimination for disadvantaged groups / Marc Galanter -- The politicization of the peasantry in a north Indian state / Paul R. Brass -- Ethnicity and politics / Dipankar Gupta -- Minority identities / Myron Weiner -- Karnataka: caste, class, dominance and politics in a cohesive society / James Manor -- Jana Sangh and social interests / Bruce Graham -- Communalism as false consciousness / Bipan Chandra -- Communalism as construction / Gyanendra Pandey. Sikh fundamentalism / Harjot Oberoi -- A critique of modernist secularism / Ashis Nandy -- Secularism in its place / T.N. Madan -- Two concepts of secularism / Akeel Bilgrami -- Decline of a social order / Francine R. Frankel -- Crisis of governability / Atul Kohli. Caste and modern politics / Rajni Kothari -- Caste and political group formation in Tamilnad / André Béteille -- The nation and its outcasts / Partha Chatterjee -- On the diversity of ruling traditions / Satish Saberwal -- On the construction of colonial power: structure, discourse, hegemony / Sudipta Kaviraj -- The study of state and society in India / Nicholas Dirks -- Regime types and economic performance / Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Pursuing equality: an assessment of India's policy of compensatory discrimination for disadvantaged groups / Marc Galanter -- The politicization of the peasantry in a north Indian state / Paul R. Brass -- Ethnicity and politics / Dipankar Gupta -- Minority identities / Myron Weiner -- Karnataka: caste, class, dominance and politics in a cohesive society / James Manor -- Jana Sangh and social interests / Bruce Graham -- Communalism as false consciousness / Bipan Chandra -- Communalism as construction / Gyanendra Pandey. Sikh fundamentalism / Harjot Oberoi -- A critique of modernist secularism / Ashis Nandy -- Secularism in its place / T.N. Madan -- Two concepts of secularism / Akeel Bilgrami -- Decline of a social order / Francine R. Frankel -- Crisis of governability / Atul Kohli.

Summary: This work brings together papers by scholars analyzing the sociological bases of Indian politics. It focuses on the relationship modern politics has with changes in caste structure, religious communities and other types of identity.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	320.954 KAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30042

Power and territory / Louis Dumont --
Caste and modern politics / Rajni Kothari --
Caste and political group formation in Tamilnad / André Béteille --
The nation and its outcasts / Partha Chatterjee --
On the diversity of ruling traditions / Satish Saberwal --
On the construction of colonial power: structure, discourse, hegemony / Sudipta Kaviraj --
The study of state and society in India / Nicholas Dirks --
Regime types and economic performance / Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Pursuing equality: an assessment of India's policy of compensatory discrimination for disadvantaged groups / Marc Galanter --
The politicization of the peasantry in a north Indian state / Paul R. Brass --
Ethnicity and politics / Dipankar Gupta --
Minority identities / Myron Weiner --
Karnataka: caste, class, dominance and politics in a cohesive society / James Manor --
Jana Sangh and social interests / Bruce Graham --
Communalism as false consciousness / Bipan Chandra --
Communalism as construction / Gyanendra Pandey. Sikh fundamentalism / Harjot Oberoi --
A critique of modernist secularism / Ashis Nandy --
Secularism in its place / T.N. Madan --
Two concepts of secularism / Akeel Bilgrami --
Decline of a social order / Francine R. Frankel --
Crisis of governability / Atul Kohli. Caste and modern politics / Rajni Kothari --
Caste and political group formation in Tamilnad / André Béteille --
The nation and its outcasts / Partha Chatterjee --
On the diversity of ruling traditions / Satish Saberwal --
On the construction of colonial power: structure, discourse, hegemony / Sudipta Kaviraj --
The study of state and society in India / Nicholas Dirks --
Regime types and economic performance / Lloyd I. Rudolph, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph. Pursuing equality: an assessment of India's policy of compensatory discrimination for disadvantaged groups / Marc Galanter --
The politicization of the peasantry in a north Indian state / Paul R. Brass --
Ethnicity and politics / Dipankar Gupta --
Minority identities / Myron Weiner --
Karnataka: caste, class, dominance and politics in a cohesive society / James Manor --
Jana Sangh and social interests / Bruce Graham --
Communalism as false consciousness / Bipan Chandra --

Communalism as construction / Gyanendra Pandey. Sikh fundamentalism / Harjot Oberoi --
A critique of modernist secularism / Ashis Nandy --

Secularism in its place / T.N. Madan --
Two concepts of secularism / Akeel Bilgrami --
Decline of a social order / Francine R. Frankel --

Crisis of governability / Atul Kohli.

This work brings together papers by scholars analyzing the sociological bases of Indian politics. It focuses on the relationship modern politics has with changes in caste structure, religious communities and other types of identity.

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