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Caste, state and society : degrees of democracy in North India / Jagpal Singh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singh, Jagpal, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caste--India, North.
- Caste.
- Power (Social sciences)--India, North.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Social classes--Political activity--India, North.
- Social classes.
- Democracy--India, North.
- Democracy.
- Politics and government.
- Social conditions.
- Social classes--Political activity.
- India, North--Social conditions.
- India, North.
- India, North--Politics and government.
- North India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 313 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Jagpal Singh is Professor of Political Science at Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. He was previously affiliated with Dayal Singh College, Delhi University, and the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. His areas of specialization are democracy and development, identity politics, politics of recognition, and rural politics. He has taught various courses such as Government and Politics in India, State Politics in India, Social Movements and Politics in India, India: Democracy and Development, and India: State and Society.
- Contents:
- Situating castes : changing patterns of power relations
- Caste-based public intellectuals (CBPIS)
- Quest for recognition : social and cultural assertion
- Castes and political parties : politics of accommodation
- Castes, party preferences and politics of recognition
- Public action, castes, and the state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Singh, Jagpal. Caste, state and society
- ISBN:
- 9780429343063
- 042934306X
- 9781000196061
- 1000196062
- 9781000195965
- 1000195961
- 9781000196016
- 1000196011
- Publisher Number:
- 40030218535
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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