Caste Politics and Policy-Making
Contents: Preface. 1. Caste, Politics and Votes in India. 2. The Politics of the Caste System. 3. Parties and Political Stability in India. 4. Caste Politics and Policy in India. 5. Non-violence and the Politics of a Politicism. 6. Democratic Practice and Social Inequality in India. 7. Cast Politics in North, West and South India before Mandal Commission. Bibliography. Index.
Politics in contemporary India is marked by the resurgence of caste and communal politics. The past two decades have seen a dramatic collapse of the old political formations and parties which had dominated the politics of the Nehruvian era. Even the movements of that period, right up to the mid-1970s, were largely movements on economic issues and questions of corruption, black-marketing, hoarding and food shortages. Recent Indian experience points to the close link between rapid social change, breakdown of consensus on fundamental issues in society and the role of political parties, to deal with the resultant political instability. This book examines the principles underlining the Caste, Politics and Policy-maker. Despite the fact that the government of India has, for over sixty years now, applied these measures to overcome discrimination based on caste, politics and policy respectively. (jacket)
Politics in contemporary India is marked by the resurgence of caste and communal politics. The past two decades have seen a dramatic collapse of the old political formations and parties which had dominated the politics of the Nehruvian era. Even the movements of that period, right up to the mid-1970s, were largely movements on economic issues and questions of corruption, black-marketing, hoarding and food shortages. Recent Indian experience points to the close link between rapid social change, breakdown of consensus on fundamental issues in society and the role of political parties, to deal with the resultant political instability. This book examines the principles underlining the Caste, Politics and Policy-maker. Despite the fact that the government of India has, for over sixty years now, applied these measures to overcome discrimination based on caste, politics and policy respectively. (jacket)
