01931nam a22002417a 4500 20260818155107.0 260818b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789386689603 : Raghav Book Pvt. Ltd. : 2/25, First Floor, Arun House, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi : 3181 : 17/08/2026 305.51 JOD Jodhka, Surinder S.[Editor] ; Manor, James.[Editor] Contested hierarchies, persisting influence : Caste and power in Twenty-First Century India. / Surinder S. Jodhka. Hyderabad, : Orient Blackswan, , 2018. xii, 384p. : 24cm. 1617 Contested Hierarchies, Persisting Influence shows, however, that caste survives beyond electoral politics and quotas. Caste-based divisions continue to matter not only in the village, but also in modern-day urban life, business, institutions of higher education, and many other spheres of contemporary social practice. The chapters in this book, written by some of the leading scholars of Indian society and based on hard empirical evidence, present complex dynamics of the interplay of caste with electoral politics, its change and persistence, and its continued significance in various regional and historical contexts. The rich ethnographic studies show how caste survives as a resource of social and cultural capital, and as a relationship that is always defined by power, hierarchy and inequality. The authors state that caste influences and determines people’s access to nourishment, shelter, property, and personal and financial security. This book provides a rounded assessment of the subject that presents the complexities of caste practices in twenty-first century India. Caste-based discrimination. Political activity. Political aspects. Surinder S. Jodhka. BOOK 70670 70670 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2026-08-18 Raghav Books Pvt. Ptd. 1617.00 0 305.51 JOD 31684 2026-08-18 15:51:26 2026-08-18 BOOK