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020			_a9781108489904 _q(hardback)
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082			_a305.80954 LEE
100	1		_aLee, Alexander _q(Alexander Mark), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFrom hierarchy to ethnicity : _bthe politics of Caste in twentieth-century India / _cAlexander Lee.
263			_a2003
264		1	_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
300			_aXIV, 272 pages. _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
365			_bRs. 1050.00
505			_aList of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - 1. Introduction - 2. Explaining Identity Activism - 3. Caste in Historical Context - 4. Caste in the Census of India - 5. The Causes of Ranked Rhetoric - 6. Caste since Independence - 7. Conclusion - Appendix A: Data - Appendix B: Statistical Tests - Appendix C: Additional - Tables and Figures - Bibliography - Index.
520			_a"Caste identities have been fundamental in shaping Indian politics, the loyalties, the structure of the party system, and the distribution of public resources. This book explains when and how caste identities became politicized, and how the nature of caste itself changed over time. The way in which caste is understood is dependent on time and place; some understand it as an integrated system based on subtle gradations of hierarchical difference, while others perceive it as a set of bounded groups similar to ethnicities in other countries across the globe. Using a wide range of historical data sources, the book shows how these identities evolved from the colonial period to the present. It describes how uneven economic development shifted the set of groups and regions where caste is important, while the spread of mass politics and the corresponding decline of patrimonial politics led to a decline in the hierarchical nature of the system. While colonial rule established some of the structural conditions of these changes, the enthusiasm with which caste activists responded to these conditions fluctuated from group to group. Even after these changes, the caste system in India differs from ethnic politics in other parts of the world, in ways that reflect its hierarchical history. The theory discussed in this book foregrounds how identity politics can vary not just between countries, but between groups, and how the modern conception of the ethnic group is the product of a long, and highly contingent, historical process"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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