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The rise of caste politics is to be attributed to both regional aspirations and electoral manifestations. Comment.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 20 marks
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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André Béteille noted that caste has lost much of its hold over occupation and ritual but remains highly active in politics. Before democracy, a caste that wanted a higher place could get it only by force or royal favour. Democracy made caste assertion routine and peaceful. The statement names two causes of this rise, the…

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  • Regional Aspirations
  • Electoral Manifestations
  • What the Attribution Misses
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