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The majority of women party workers (karyakarta) were lower middle-class to middle-class, Scheduled Caste, Other Backward Classes and Forward Caste. During fieldwork I became a fixture at party events and in the Dehradun Nagar Nigam (Municipal Corporation). I returned in April 2018 when the ...
The main reason for caution in relation to degendering toilets, I argue, is the risk this poses to women's safety. Men who transgender do not change sex, and have a lifetime's experience of being members of the male sex caste. As a result, the behaviour of men who transgender is mo...
In some respects, it is even reinforced through ritual action. Nonetheless, I argue that the question of a change in social status depends largely on the interpretations provided by participants in the ritual. High-caste participants suggest that the rituals reinforce hierarchy, while low-caste ...
Subaltern alternatives on caste, class and ethnicity The challenges to the dominant hegemony in this land have focused on the key issues of equity and justice that underlie the quest for identity and dignity... Heredia,C R. - 《Contributions to Indian Sociology》 被引量: 3发表: 2000年 Party...
The Indian Middle Class and the Functioning of World’s Largest Democracy’, in Religion, Caste andPolitics inIndia, Delhi: Primus, pp. Ribstein, From Efficiency toPolitics inContractual Choice of Law, 37 GA. Related toPolitics in Political signmeans a sign advertising a candidate or candidates...
However, the results of the just-concluded 17th general elections showed that the Narendra Modi brand of politics during the past five years has largely demolished the caste and dynastic politics in the country, thereby making its firm believers and practitioners redundant. ...
There is considerable speculation that female political empowerment could improve population health. Yet, evidence to date is limited, and explanations for
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Land, Labour and Caste Politics in Rural Tamil Nadu in the 20th Century: Iruvelpattu (1916-2008) The "Slater" villages of Tamil Nadu that were first surveyed by the University of Madras economist, Gilbert Slater, and his students in 1916, were resurvey... J Harriss,J Jeyaranjan,K Nagar...