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The Indian Middle Class (Oxford India Short Introductions)
Prakash, Aseem; Jodhka, Surinder S.
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paperback. Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 185 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 196.
Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings? The authors of this volume argue that the middle class has largely been understood as an income/ economic category, but the term has a broader social and conceptual history, globally as well as in India. To begin with, the middle class is not a homogeneous category but is shaped by specific colonial and post-colonial experiences and is differentiated by caste, ethnicity, region, religion, and gender locations. These socio-economic differentiations shape its politics and ... Read more
Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings? The authors of this volume argue that the middle class has largely been understood as an income/ economic category, but the term has a broader social and conceptual history, globally as well as in India. To begin with, the middle class is not a homogeneous category but is shaped by specific colonial and post-colonial experiences and is differentiated by caste, ethnicity, region, religion, and gender locations. These socio-economic differentiations shape its politics and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Publication date
2016
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780199466795
SKU
V9780199466795
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99-13
About Prakash, Aseem; Jodhka, Surinder S.
Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Senior Affiliate Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi, India. Aseem Prakash is Professor and Chairperson, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
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