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INDIA'S POWER ELITE: Caste, Class and Cultural Revolution

INDIA'S POWER ELITE: Caste, Class and Cultural Revolution

$36.00
Author:Sanjaya Baru
ISBN 13:9780670092444
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2021
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology/Caste, Class and Dalit Studies

About the Book

India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of a feudal gentry, kulaks, a metropolitan business class, the civil services and a cultural elite of opinion-makers. He also examines the role of caste, class and culture in the emergence of a 'New India'. Aimed at the socially engaged reader, this book will interest both students as well as those who wield power.