Discuss the role of caste in Indian politics.
Caste in Indian society refers to a social group where membership decided by birth_ Members of such local
group are endogamous, i.e. they tend to enter into marital relationships among themselves. They often have related
political preferences. similar to the racial preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties in CSA.
For politicaVgovemment purposes. the castes among the Hindus are broadly divided into
Forward Caste
Other Backward Class (OBC) (about of population)
Scheduled Caste (about of population)
Scheduled Tribe (about of population)
The ian Muslims ( 13.4%), and Christians (2.3%) often function as a caste since they too marry among themselves. The relationship between caste and politics in Indian society has been subject of intensive study for many years. Many sociologists including Andre Beteille, Rajni Kothari, and Anil Bhatt have highlighted aspects. According to M.N Srinivas the role played by caste in politics is in close approximation to that of the pressure group. The modernizing forces will however reduce the Influence of caste over the polities. However Andre Beteille holds that while westerniza- tion is taking individual away from easte
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