Castes, Social Mobility and Politics in Goa

• Autor(es): Souza, Teotónio R. de
• Data: 2012
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10437/2879
• Origem: ReCiL - Repositório Científico Lusófona
• Assunto(s): CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA; HISTÓRIA DA ÍNDIA; GOA; CASTELOS; POLITICAL SCIENCE; HISTORY OF INDIA; CASTLES
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

While the colonial policies and the missionary activities dented the caste system by playing upon the caste rivalries to divide and rule, the post-independence Indian democracy transformed the traditional castes into valuable vote-banks that have permitted non-brahmin castes to achieve political leadership in several States, particularly following the politics of reservation recommended by the Mandal Commission in 1980s.