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9780485195637

Society and Politics in India

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  • ISBN13:

    9780485195637

  • ISBN10:

    0485195631

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1992-02-01
  • Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd

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Summary

This volume brings together some of the most important essays written over the past two decades by one of India's most distinguished social scientists. In these papers, Beteille considers the relationship between various forms of inequality and distinction (race, caste, tribe, ethnicity, and gender), the relationship between the values of equality and individualism, and the ambivalent role of the modern Indian state as the guarantor of these values.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introductionp. 1
Race, caste and genderp. 15
Race, caste and ethnic identityp. 37
The concept of tribe with special reference to Indiap. 57
Caste and politics in Tamilnadup. 79
The politics of 'non-antagonistic' stratap. 122
Networks in Indian social structurep. 140
The future of the Backward Classes: the competing demands of status and powerp. 150
Equality as a right and as a policyp. 192
Individualism and equalityp. 215
Individual and person as subjects for sociologyp. 250
Notes and sourcesp. 276
Indexp. 303
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