Contemporary India’s political landscape is characterized by a great deal of social upheaval. This is the result of growing democratic consciousness which is increasingly conflicting with the forces of domination, authoritarianism and hegemony. Against this backdrop, this volume provides an understanding of these forces in both historical and analytical terms. In particular, the seminal essays gathered here explore the specificities of the crucial social categories of class, caste and gender, while simultaneously drawing attention to the arenas in which they intersect. INDICE: Preface - Manoranjan MohantyIntroduction: Dimensions of Power and Social TransformationPART ONE: CLASS STRUCTURE AND THE STATECaste and Agrarian Class - Anand Chakravarti A View from BiharThe Political Economy of the Economic Reform Strategy - Prabhat Patnaik et al The Role of the Indian Capitalist ClassThe Working Class Movement in India - Sharit K Bhowmik Trade Unions and the StatePART TWO: CASTE DOMINATION AND POLITICAL POWERCastes in India - B R Ambedkar Their Mechanism, Genesis and DevelopmentCaste in Modern India - M N SrinivasCastes in Indian Politics - Rajni KothariReservations Policy Revisited - D L ShethCaste or Class or Caste-Class - Kancha Ilaiah A Study in Dalit-Bahujan Consciousness and Struggles in Andhra Pradesh in 1980sThe Language of Dalit-Bahujan Political Discourse - Gopal GuruPART THREE: GENDER INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL CHANGEConceptualizing Brahmanical Patriarchy in Early India - Uma Chakravarti Gender, Caste, Class and StateAn Overview of the Status of Women in India - Neera Desai and Maithreyi KrishanarajWomen and People's Movement - Ilina Sen A Space within the StruggleGender Inequality and Women's Agency - Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen Conclusion: Social Movements in a Creative Society - Manoranjan MohantyAppendixIndex
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