India's power elite : class, caste and a cultural revolution / Sanjaya Baru.
By: Baru, Sanjaya.
Publisher: Haryana India : Penguin Random House , 2021Description: xvii, 243p.ISBN: 9780670092444.Subject(s): Power (Social sciences) -- India -- Elite (Social sciences) | Bureaucracy -- IndiaDDC classification: 320.0110954 Summary: India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of a feudal gentry, kulaks, a metropolitan business class, the civil services and a cultural elite of opinion-makers. He also examines the role of caste, class and culture in the emergence of a 'New India'| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of a feudal gentry, kulaks, a metropolitan business class, the civil services and a cultural elite of opinion-makers. He also examines the role of caste, class and culture in the emergence of a 'New India'
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