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Caste in contemporary India/ Surinder S Jodhka

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Publication details: New Delhi : Routledge : 2016Description: 252p xiiiISBN:
  • 9781138543256
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5 JOD
Contents:
Table of Contents List of Tables.; Glossary; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction to the Second Edition; Introduction: The Idea of Caste; I: Hierarchies and the Politics of Citizenship; 1. Pollution and Prejudice: Vestiges of Untouchability in Rural Punjab; 2. Atrocities and Resistance: Dalit Assertions for Citizenship; 3. Caste and Democratic Politics: A Differentiated View II: Caste in the Neo-Liberal Economy; 4. Dalits in Business: Self-Employed Scheduled Castes in Urban India; 5. ‘Caste-Blinding’ and Corporate Hiring Part Three: Mobility and Mobilizations; 6. Social Mobility and Quest for Autonomy: Global Contours of Ravidasi Identity; 7. Battling for Dignity: Dalit Activists of Delhi; Conclusions: The Futures of Caste; Bibliography; Index
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Table of Contents
List of Tables.;
Glossary;
Preface and Acknowledgements;
Introduction to the Second Edition;
Introduction: The Idea of Caste;
I: Hierarchies and the Politics of Citizenship;
1. Pollution and Prejudice: Vestiges of Untouchability in Rural Punjab;
2. Atrocities and Resistance: Dalit Assertions for Citizenship;
3. Caste and Democratic Politics: A Differentiated View II: Caste in the Neo-Liberal Economy;
4. Dalits in Business: Self-Employed Scheduled Castes in Urban India;
5. ‘Caste-Blinding’ and Corporate Hiring Part Three: Mobility and Mobilizations;
6. Social Mobility and Quest for Autonomy: Global Contours of Ravidasi Identity;
7. Battling for Dignity: Dalit Activists of Delhi;
Conclusions: The Futures of Caste;
Bibliography;
Index