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The growing power of business and the increasing rhetoric of the cultural–religious ideology of Hindutva have been the focus of the recent scholarly ventures seeking to explain the persistent undemocratic tendencies in India. The book argues that this traditional and pervasive analytical framework has failed to unravel the deep-rooted societal causes of the growing degeneration in political institutions. What is missed out is the increasing concentration of power in the hands of the hereditary governing class. Inheritance, Hierarchy and Caste: Origins of Political Decay in India shows how the elite-pursuit for controlling societal power, retaining hierarchy and perpetuating inheritance is making use of ideology and, thereby, undermining the democratic spirit in India and reshaping the state itself. The book underlines the realistic significance of the effective representation of the governed classes and analyses how it is critical for bringing pragmatism to the relation between the institutional and functional aspects of the democratic consolidation in India. 

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Christophe Jaffrelot Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: Exploring the Origins Social Institutions as Ruling Strategies Short-circuiting the Elite vs Society Axis: The Arrest of Political Expansion PART II: Beyond the State and Society State in Society and Society in State Representation: The Power of Diversity Elite Origins of Democracy and Democratic Origins of Authoritarianism Part III: Decoding the Veneers Political System and Its Instrumentality Casteist Capitalism and Dilemma of Democratic Socialism Democracy in India: Mistaking Form for the Substance Conclusion References Index

About the Author :
Dhananjay Soindaji Wanjari is a civil servant belonging to the 2008 batch of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS). He is an alumnus of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj (RTM) Nagpur University, IIT Delhi, and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Apart from being a regular speaker at different public fora on the matters of socio-economic and political issues, the Constitution of India and public policy, the author has been a regular guest faculty of political science for the last 15 years at different graduate institutions including Savitribai Phule Pune University and RTM Nagpur University. His areas of interest are the Constitution and taxation policy, political economy of public policy, comparative political and economic development, political representation and democratization. The author has keen interest in social activism and development activities and is one of the principal promoters of the Educator Foundation, a not-for-profit working in the education sector, particularly for the needy and the poor sections of the society.

Review :
Dhananjay Soindaji Wanjari’s book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the challenges facing Indian democracy today. Wanjari sees these challenges not as recent developments but rather as the culmination of deep caste divisions within the Indian society. While caste is certainly not a neglected topic among scholars, Wanjari succeeds in restoring forward caste power to its place as the central and continuing challenge to the consolidation of democracy in India. Dhananjay Soindaji Wanjari’s Inheritance, Hierarchy and Caste offers a well-argued analysis of the intersections of state, society and caste in the Indian society. His exploration of the contentious claims about political decay and the illiberal turn in Indian politics are sure to be provocative, and they will stimulate more thought on the democratic remedies for the challenges facing India’s socio-religious institutions and political life. His book represents a comprehensive and creative examination of the vexed relationship between the state and society, and religion and civil politics in India.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789354791994
  • Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 340
  • Sub Title: Origins of Political Decay in India
  • Width: 139 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9354791999
  • Publisher Date: 15 Feb 2022
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 630 gr


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