Manuscript Number : GISRRJ20353

Phases of Caste Identities in Indian Politics

Authors(1) :-Varsha Upadhyay

In contemporary Indian politics by the virtue of interplay and mutual dynamics of caste and politics today we witness a dual process of politicization of caste and casteization of politics both of which have deeply embedded the caste consciousness in the modern Indian minds through the process of political socialization caste identity have become the part of greater political culture of Indian polity and state.

Authors and Affiliations

Varsha Upadhyay
M A, Political Science, University of Hyderabad, India

Caste, Politics, Phases.

  1. N. Srinivas. Caste in modern India ‘The Journal of Asian studies’ Vol.-16. No.4 Aug 1957
  2. Lloyd I. Rudolph. The Modernity of Tradition: The Democratic Incarnation of Caste in India. The American Political science Review, Vol.59, No- 4, Dec.1965
  3. Christophe Jaffrelot. Caste and political parties in India

Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 5 | September-October 2020
Date of Publication : 2020-09-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 59-61
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ20353
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Varsha Upadhyay, "Phases of Caste Identities in Indian Politics ", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 3, Issue 5, pp.59-61, September-October.2020
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ20353

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