The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and ChangeThe Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change critically engages with the dynamics of caste in the politics of West Bengal which unlike other parts of India has remained relatively free from large scale caste based political mobilisation. The insignificance of caste in West Bengal politics has remained an enigma. Yet Caste question in West Bengal politics has remained under-researched. However, there has been a growing interest in the politics of caste in West Bengal in recent years and this interest has grown due to the end of the world’s longest serving democratically elected Communist government (1977-2011) that followed a class centric non-identitarian politics. It is in this backdrop that this book explores the reasons for the relative insignificance of caste in post-colonial West Bengal’s politics and also assesses the future possibilities of caste-based identity politics in the state. |
Other editions - View all
The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling ... Ayan Guha No preview available - 2023 |
The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling ... Ayan Guha No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
According agricultural analysis Asian Assembly associated attempts Bangladesh become belonging bhadralok Brahman Calcutta candidates caste groups Changing chapter Chatterjee Citizenship collective Colonial Communist concerns Congress continuing cpi(m culture dalit Delhi demands Development discourse districts dominant Economic and Political edited elections electoral emergence faced factor hand Hindu History identity identity politics important India individuals institutional interests issue land leaders Left Left Front lower castes mainstream major Mamata marginalized Matua memory middle mobilization movement Muslims Namasudras North organized Oxford University Press party peasants percent percentage pointed political culture political parties Political Weekly population practices Pradesh present reform refugees regional relations relative religious remained representation represented result rise role rule rural seats sense significant social society South status structure Studies Thakur tion traditional upper caste values village West Bengal