Trina Vithayathil

Counting Caste

Census Politics, Bureaucratic Deflection, and Brahmanical Power in India

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It investigates the Indian state's efforts to implement social justice reforms, focusing on the 2011 Census caste data collection. The book critiques the institutionalization of 'castelessness' and the persistence of caste privilege.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009414111
• ISBN-10: 1009414119
• Artikelnr.: 73311019

Autorenporträt

Trina Vithayathil is Chair of the Department of Global Studies and an Associate Professor of Global Studies at Providence College, Rhode Island. Her research and teaching interests include Political Sociology, Social Inequality, Comparative Race, Political Economy, Sociology of Knowledge, Social Demography, and Globalization and Development.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Preface and acknowledgements
1. Introduction: The Political Maneuvers of Caste Denial. 2. The Institutional Life of Caste
3. The Politics of the Count
4. Survey Making in an Era of Castelessness
5. The Household Interview
6. Disappeared Data: The Life and Death of Caste Data
7. Conclusion: Commensuration in Brahmanical Institutions
Appendices
References
Index.