Scheduled Caste Elites

Book Details

• Author: Jagan Karade

• Binding: Hardcover

• Release Date: 01-12-2018

• ISBN: 9788131609927

• Pages: 228

• Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.6 inches

• Language: Middle English

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

About the Book
This book focuses on the significant changes in the social structure of Scheduled Castes in Maharashtra due to the government’s reservation policy. As a result of acquiring higher education, these communities have achieved respectable positions in government and non-government sectors, leading to the emergence of a new elite class comprising intellectual, administrative, professional, and political elites.

These elites, predominantly residing in urban areas, have integrated into upper-caste society and raised their position within the caste hierarchy. The book explores how these elite Scheduled Castes have begun adopting socio-cultural patterns that were once reserved for higher castes and how their social interaction patterns have evolved over time.

This study investigates the social attitudes and interactions of the Scheduled Caste elites in urban Maharashtra, particularly their changing relationships with upper castes and other non-Scheduled Castes. The book also highlights the growing social divide, as these educated elites have distanced themselves from their less fortunate relatives still struggling with poverty, intensifying social disparities.

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Review of Literature

3. Profile of Maharashtra, Selected Cities and Methodology

4. Social Attitude of the Scheduled Castes’ Elite

5. Social Interaction Patterns of Scheduled Castes

6. Conclusion

About the Author
Jagan Karade is a Professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at Shivaji University, Kolhapur (Maharashtra). He is the Coordinator of the UGC-SAP-DRS-Phase III. A Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, he has authored three books and edited six volumes. Dr. Karade has completed two major research projects funded by UGC and ICSSR. He has published numerous articles in reputed journals and is an active member of several academic councils, including the Indian Sociological Society and the International Sociological Association's Famine and Society-WG05.