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Class, Caste, Gender
First Edition
Edited by:
- Manoranjan Mohanty - Council for Social Development and University of Delhi, Delhi, India
May 2004 | 439 pages | SAGE India
Contemporary India’s political landscape is characterized by a great deal of social upheaval. This is the result of growing democratic consciousness which is increasingly conflicting with the forces of domination, authoritarianism and hegemony. Against this backdrop, this volume provides an understanding of these forces in both historical and analytical terms. In particular, the seminal essays gathered here explore the specificities of the crucial social categories of class, caste and gender, while simultaneously drawing attention to the arenas in which they intersect.
Manoranjan Mohanty
Preface
Introduction: Dimensions of Power and Social Transformation
PART ONE: CLASS STRUCTURE AND THE STATE
Anand Chakravarti
Caste and Agrarian Class
Prabhat Patnaik et al
The Political Economy of the Economic Reform Strategy
Sharit K Bhowmik
The Working Class Movement in India
PART TWO: CASTE DOMINATION AND POLITICAL POWER
B R Ambedkar
Castes in India
M N Srinivas
Caste in Modern India
Rajni Kothari
Castes in Indian Politics
D L Sheth
Reservations Policy Revisited
Kancha Ilaiah
Caste or Class or Caste-Class
Gopal Guru
The Language of Dalit-Bahujan Political Discourse
PART THREE: GENDER INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Uma Chakravarti
Conceptualizing Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early India
Neera Desai and Maithreyi Krishanaraj
An Overview of the Status of Women in India
Ilina Sen
Women and People's Movement
Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
Gender Inequality and Women's Agency
Manoranjan Mohanty
Conclusion: Social Movements in a Creative Society
Appendix
Index