Castes, Social Mobility and Politics in Goa

• Author(s): Souza, Teotónio R. de
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10437/2879
• Origin: ReCiL - Repositório Científico Lusófona
• Subject(s): CIÊNCIA POLÍTICA; HISTÓRIA DA ÍNDIA; GOA; CASTELOS; POLITICAL SCIENCE; HISTORY OF INDIA; CASTLES
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

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.