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India's power elite : class, caste and a cultural revolution / Sanjaya Baru.
- Title
- India's power elite : class, caste and a cultural revolution / Sanjaya Baru.
- Author
- Baru, Sanjaya
- Publication
- Gurgaon, Haryana : Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd, 2021.
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- Description
- xvii, 243 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- From the bestselling author of The Accidental Prime Minister, here comes an insightful analysis of politics and elitism that answers many important political questions today. India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of a feudal gentry, kulaks, a metropolitan business class, the civil services and a cultural elite of opinion-makers. He also examines the role of caste, class and culture in the emergence of a 'New India'. Aimed at the socially engaged reader, this book will interest both students as well as those who wield power.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A cultural revolution? -- Bombard the headquarters -- Modi's metaphors -- Digression into concepts -- Power and elitism -- Social dominance and political power -- The wielders of power -- Business and the state -- The landed and the feudals -- Shifts in political power -- Bureaucracy and the military -- Policy and public intellectuals -- Opinion makers and celebrities -- Secession of the successful -- A changing balance of power
- ISBN
- 9780670092444
- 0670092444
- LCCN
- 2020335439
- OCLC
- 1268528667
- SCSB-14457803
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library