Counting caste: Census politics, bureaucratic deflection, and brahmanical power in India (Record no. 359636)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781009414111
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Transcribing agency AACR-II
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Classification number 305.5122 VIT
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Personal name Vithayathil, Trina
9 (RLIN) 15566
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Title Counting caste: Census politics, bureaucratic deflection, and brahmanical power in India
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 273 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Counting Caste critically investigates the Indian state to implement social justice reforms despite political leaders periodically conceding to organized demands for change. Vithayathil focuses on the 2011 Census, where, for the first time in post-independence India, the government agreed to collect caste-specific data. However, shortly after this concession, bureaucratic forces successfully blocked the caste count, redirecting it to an inexperienced part of the government. This led to the launch of an alternative project that produced unreliable data. Through this case study, Vithayathil unravels the process of bureaucratic deflection, where political leaders and civil servants stall or subvert policy changes. The book sheds light on how state institutions resist the documentation of caste power, highlighting the ongoing institutionalization of 'castelessness' – which frames caste solely as a problem of the oppressed, obscuring the realities of caste privilege. It explores the complex dynamics of caste, power, and resistance in contemporary India.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Social Sciences
9 (RLIN) 15567
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Caste Systems
9 (RLIN) 15568
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Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired
2025-10-10   305.5122 VIT 179931 1295.00 2025-10-10 Books Not Missing Dewey Decimal Classification Not Damaged     Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2025-10-10

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