Political economy of caste in India

Table of Contents

Cover
Marketing Page
Copyright
Contents
List of Tables
Preface
1 Caste Mode of Production
2 Colonial Approach to Hindutva and Marxist Writing
3 Caste and Economic Power in India
4 Inequity in the Development of Human Capital in India
5 Economic Deprivation and Social Exclusion of Marginalized Castes
6 New Economic Policy
7 Caste and the Advent of Crony Capitalism in India
8 Judiciary and Deprivation of Social Justice
9 Social Barriers as Impediments of Information Flow
10 Physical Alienation
11 The Fragmented Assertion 12 Globalization and the Future of Dalits and Adivasis
13 Democracy, Dalit Rights and the Paradigm Shift
Select Bibliography
About the Author
Index

Political Economy of Caste in India presents the caste mode of production as an important analytical tool to understand the socio-economic and political dynamics of India. The book looks at caste from the economic base and also links it with the superstructure that includes judiciary, untouchability practices, caste atrocities against Dalits, social exclusion and so on. It presents empirical studies to show that the social habits of discrimination and crimes against the marginalized communities prevail even in the 21st century to physically alienate them from mainstream opportunities and ensure involuntary supply of labour at lower wages. It articulates that the economic intensity of caste can be discerned through the caste mode of production. The study brings out the limitations of some of the Marxists’ understanding of caste. It also presents a distinct approach for comprehending caste and suggests that the human rights perspective is one of the ways to combat it.

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