Caste and ethnicity have been crucial in shaping the discourse around identity Politics in modern South Asia.
This book critically discusses two important trends in Twentieth-Century Indian Politics - the rise in the political salience of Caste identities, and a shift in the way Caste identity was conceptualized; From a hierarchical system based on the adoption of specific behaviours to a system based on bounded and autonomous groups not dissimilar to ethnic groups as conceived of in other parts.
Caste and ethnicity have been crucial in shaping the discourse around identity Politics in modern South Asia