{"product_id":"the-curious-trajectory-of-caste-in-west-bengal-politics-chronicling-continuity-and-change-9798888900123","title":"The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important book critically engages with the dynamics of caste in the politics of West Bengal, which unlike other parts of India has remained relatively free from large scale caste-based political mobilisation. The insignificance of caste in West Bengal politics has remained an enigma. Despite a growing interest in the politics of caste in West Bengal in recent years, in part due to the end of the world's longest serving democratically elected Communist government (1977-2011) - which put forward a class centric non-identitarian politics, the Caste question in West Bengal politics has remained under-researched. In this context, scholar Ayan Guha explores the reasons for the relative insignificance of caste in post-colonial West Bengal's politics and also assesses the future possibilities of caste-based identity politics in the state.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIXIUK","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45091993059479,"sku":"9798888900123","price":2183.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798888900123.webp?v=1768545961","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-curious-trajectory-of-caste-in-west-bengal-politics-chronicling-continuity-and-change-9798888900123","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}