{"product_id":"contested-hierarchies-persisting-influence-caste-and-power-in-twenty-first-century-india-9789386689603","title":"Contested Hierarchies, Persisting Influence: Caste and Power in Twenty-first Century India","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Surinder S. Jodhka and James Manor (Eds.)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy another book on caste? Hasn’t enough research been conducted on the subject; and doesn’t writing on or about caste help keep it alive?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe continued significance of caste in India’s public life is said to be because of the reservation policy or because of electoral politics, with caste being viewed as a convenient mode of securing a stable vote bank. \u003cem\u003eContested Hierarchies, Persisting Influence \u003c\/em\u003eshows, however, that caste survives beyond electoral politics and quotas. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaste-based divisions continue to matter not only in the village, but also in modern-day urban life, business, institutions of higher education, and many other spheres of contemporary social practice. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe chapters in this book, written by some of the leading scholars of Indian society and based on hard empirical evidence, present complex dynamics of the interplay of caste with electoral politics, its change and persistence, and its continued significance in various regional and historical contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rich ethnographic studies show how caste survives as a resource of social and cultural capital, and as a relationship that is always defined by power, hierarchy and inequality. The authors state that caste influences and determines people’s access to nourishment, shelter, property, and personal and financial security.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides a rounded assessment of the subject that presents the complexities of caste practices in twenty-first century India.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616523214999,"sku":"9789386689603","price":1656.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789386689603.webp?v=1769295016","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/contested-hierarchies-persisting-influence-caste-and-power-in-twenty-first-century-india-9789386689603","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}