Inheritance, hierarchy and caste : origins of political decay in India
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Inheritance, hierarchy and caste : origins of political decay in India
Sage Publishing, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-305) and index
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内容説明
The growing power of business and the increasing rhetoric of the cultural-religious ideology of Hindutva have been the focus of the recent scholarly ventures seeking to explain the persistent undemocratic tendencies in India. The book argues that this traditional and pervasive analytical framework has failed to unravel the deep-rooted societal causes of the growing degeneration in political institutions. What is missed out is the increasing concentration of power in the hands of the hereditary governing class. Inheritance, Hierarchy and Caste: Origins of Political Decay in India shows how the elite-pursuit for controlling societal power, retaining hierarchy and perpetuating inheritance is making use of ideology and, thereby, undermining the democratic spirit in India and reshaping the state itself. The book underlines the realistic significance of the effective representation of the governed classes and analyses how it is critical for bringing pragmatism to the relation between the institutional and functional aspects of the democratic consolidation in India.
目次
Foreword by Christophe Jaffrelot
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: Exploring the Origins
Social Institutions as Ruling Strategies
Short-circuiting the Elite vs Society Axis: The Arrest of Political Expansion
PART II: Beyond the State and Society
State in Society and Society in State
Representation: The Power of Diversity
Elite Origins of Democracy and Democratic Origins of Authoritarianism
Part III: Decoding the Veneers
Political System and Its Instrumentality
Casteist Capitalism and Dilemma of Democratic Socialism
Democracy in India: Mistaking Form for the Substance
Conclusion
References
Index
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