Counting Caste (Record no. 70781)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781009414111 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | : Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd |
| Distributor address | 4794/23, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi |
| Bill Number | : TB1910 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305.51 VIT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vithayathil, Trina. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Counting Caste |
| Remainder of title | : Census Politics, Bureaucratic Deflection, and Brahmanical Power in India. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Trina Vithayathil. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | , New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Cambridge University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2025. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxi, 273p. |
| Dimensions | : 24cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 906.5 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Counting Caste critically investigates the Indian state to implement social justice reforms despite political leaders periodically conceding to organized demands for change. Vithayathil focuses on the 2011 Census, where, for the first time in post-independence India, the government agreed to collect caste-specific data. However, shortly after this concession, bureaucratic forces successfully blocked the caste count, redirecting it to an inexperienced part of the government. This led to the launch of an alternative project that produced unreliable data. Through this case study, Vithayathil unravels the process of bureaucratic deflection, where political leaders and civil servants stall or subvert policy changes. The book sheds light on how state institutions resist the documentation of caste power, highlighting the ongoing institutionalization of 'castelessness' – which frames caste solely as a problem of the oppressed, obscuring the realities of caste privilege. It explores the complex dynamics of caste, power, and resistance in contemporary India. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Caste System |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Science |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Politics of Caste |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Trina Vithayathil. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 17/09/2026 | Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. | 906.50 | 305.51 VIT | 31747 | 17/09/2026 | 17/09/2026 | Books |
