Caste in South Asia: From Ritual Hierarchy to Politics of Difference

Caste has been in existence for centuries in South Asia, though its forms and contents vary across the region. Caste is a mode of power, a weapon of action and one of the criteria of making people’s collective identity within groups. I argue, in this paper, that caste is a product of complex histor...

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Autor principal:	Madhusudan Subedi
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Caste system identity politics inequality collective bargaining Nepal Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2711f16146144033a07159986df0a6d82021-11-27T13:09:05ZCaste in South Asia: From Ritual Hierarchy to Politics of Difference10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.201733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/2711f16146144033a07159986df0a6d82021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2225https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 Caste has been in existence for centuries in South Asia, though its forms and contents vary across the region. Caste is a mode of power, a weapon of action and one of the criteria of making people’s collective identity within groups. I argue, in this paper, that caste is a product of complex histories and exists today in multiple forms. There has been a major change from treating caste as a rigid ritual stratum to caste as “identity to negotiate power and resources.” It operates as a symbol of collective identity and a basis for collective bargaining of limited resources and representation in various organizations and administrative institutions. The caste system eroded at the ritual level, but emerged at the political and economic levels in India and Nepal. Madhusudan SubediKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleCaste systemidentity politicsinequalitycollective bargainingNepalLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 13, Iss 1 (40) (2021)
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description	Caste has been in existence for centuries in South Asia, though its forms and contents vary across the region. Caste is a mode of power, a weapon of action and one of the criteria of making people’s collective identity within groups. I argue, in this paper, that caste is a product of complex histories and exists today in multiple forms. There has been a major change from treating caste as a rigid ritual stratum to caste as “identity to negotiate power and resources.” It operates as a symbol of collective identity and a basis for collective bargaining of limited resources and representation in various organizations and administrative institutions. The caste system eroded at the ritual level, but emerged at the political and economic levels in India and Nepal.
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title	Caste in South Asia: From Ritual Hierarchy to Politics of Difference
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Caste in South Asia: From Ritual Hierarchy to Politics of Difference

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