Paperback. Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings? The authors of this volume argue that the middle class has largely been understood as an income/ economic category, but the term has a broader social and conceptual history, globally as well as in India. To begin with, the middle class is not a homogeneous category but is shaped byspecific colonial and post-colonial experiences and is differentiated by caste, ethnicity, region, religion, and gender locations. These socio-economic differentiations shape its politics and cultureand become the basis of internal conflicts, contestations, and divergent political worldviews. The authors demonstrate how the middle class has acquired a certain legitimacy to speak on behalf of the society as a whole, despite its politics being inherently exclusionary, as it tries to protect its own interests. Further, perceived as an aspirational category, the middle class has a seductive charm for the lower classes, who struggle to shift to this ever elusive social location. Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Indian Middle Class (Paperback)
Publisher: OUP India, New Delhi
Publication Date: 2016
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0199466793
ISBN 13: 9780199466795
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Who exactly are the middle classes in India? What role do they play in contemporary Indian politics and society, and what are their historical and cultural moorings?

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Surinder Jodhka, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,Aseem Prakash, Professor and Chairperson, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India.

Surinder S. Jodhka is Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Senior Affiliate Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, New Delhi, India.

Aseem Prakash is Professor and Chairperson, School of Public Policy and Governance, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad, India.

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