Sociology II · 10 marks · 150 words

"It is not politics that gets caste ridden; it is caste that gets politicized." Comment.

Answered by 4 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

Caste SystemParties, Pressure Groups and ElitesNation, Democracy and Citizenship

Syllabus: Politics and Society: (a) Nation, democracy and citizenship. (b) Political parties, pressure groups, social and political elite. (c) Regionalism and decentralization of power. (d) Secularization.

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From 3 of the 4 answers · about 160 words · 67% drew a diagram.

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The toppers’ answers

Nelaturu Sreekanth ReddyAIR 151 · CSE 2024 · 164 wordsTheir whole copy

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According to Rajni Kothari, caste heed politics as much as politics heed caste.

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Diagram
(Caste) --Vote Bonk--> (Politics) (Politics) --Strengthens Caste power--> (Caste)

Interplay between Caste and politics

The above given state emphasises on role of Caste in Indian politics

(1) Mobilisation: Caste is used as a major tool to mobilise people during elections.

(2) Caste based parties: Caste became very much evident in politics through caste based parties.

[Ex:] Bahujan Samaj party (BSP)

(3) Caste based reservations: SC/ST communities were given caste based reservations to enter politics which also strengtens caste identity.

(4) Local governance: Dominant castes are making SC/ST members of local governance as rubber stamps

(5) Caste based violence: Competition of power between caste groups often lead to caste based violence.

[Criticism] → Reduction of role of caste in urban ares → Caste has been overtaken by oter factors such as economic growth employment in politics → politics also equally inpact caste

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Due to caste identities in India, it is often said "Indians don't cast their vote ratur vote their caste".

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