Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jun 2019 Political Science
Who among the following used the term 'politicisation of caste' in Indian politics for the first time?
ARajni Kothari ✓ Correct
BYogendra Yadav
CSurinder Jodhka
DM.N. Srinivas
Correct answer: (A) Rajni Kothari — Rajni Kothari was the first to use the idea of the "politicisation of caste" in Indian politics.
Explanation
★Rajni Kothari was the first to use the idea of the "politicisation of caste" in Indian politics.
★He developed it in the edited volume "Caste in Indian Politics" (1970).
★Kothari argued that caste and democratic politics transform each other: politics uses caste, and caste in turn is reshaped by politics.
★This twin process is summed up as the "politicisation of caste" alongside the "casteisation of politics".
★Yogendra Yadav writes on electoral upsurges, Surinder Jodhka on caste and rural society, and M.N. Srinivas gave Sanskritization and the dominant caste.
★When this recurs, recall Kothari, "Caste in Indian Politics", and his founding of CSDS.
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