Caste and Political Parties in India

Christophe Jaffrelot (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

The study of caste is one of the most controversial fields of Indian studies - not only among anthropologists, but also historians, sociologists and political scientists. Disputes have developed about the extent to which the society of castes formed a system and how far that system has changed in the course of time...

Domaines: Science politique

Christophe Jaffrelot. Caste and Political Parties in India: Do Indians vote their caste – while casting their vote?. Prerna Singh; Atul Kohli. Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics, Routledge, pp.107 - 118, 2013, 9780415776851. ⟨hal-03394116⟩