CASTE FUNCTIONS, HIERARCHY AND SOCIAL POWER (2011)
This book presents interesting accounts about functioning of Indian castes as corporate groups and as social power groups in a multi-caste rural society. It throws new light on inter caste interactions, social distance between castes and a statistical operational model of caste hierarchy. Case-histories of intra caste and inter caste conflicts reveal in depth facts about prevailing social relations between men of different castes.
This book presents interesting accounts about functioning of Indian castes as corporate groups and as social power groups in a multi-caste rural society. It throws new light on inter caste interactions, social distance between castes and a statistical operational model of caste hierarchy. Case-histories of intra caste and inter caste conflicts reveal in depth facts about prevailing social relations between men of different castes.
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This book presents interesting accounts about functioning of Indian castes as corporate groups and as social power groups in a multi-caste rural society. It throws new light on inter caste interactions, social distance between castes and a statistical operational model of caste hierarchy. Case-histories of intra caste and inter caste conflicts reveal in depth facts about prevailing social relations between men of different castes.
