{"product_id":"counting-caste-census-politics-bureaucratic-deflection-and-brahmanical-power-in-india-hardback-9781009414111","title":"Counting Caste; Census Politics, Bureaucratic Deflection, and Brahmanical Power in India (Hardback) 9781009414111","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCounting Caste\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCensus Politics, Bureaucratic Deflection, and Brahmanical Power in India\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt investigates the Indian state's efforts to implement social justice reforms, focusing on the 2011 Census caste data collection.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTrina Vithayathil (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009414111, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eStates periodically agree to social justice reforms in response to organized demands for change. Counting Caste examines how and why governments make such concessions but then fail to implement them. Vithayathil unlocks the secrets of bureaucratic deflection—a process whereby political leaders and bureaucrats stall policy changes—through an in-depth examination of a caste survey in India. Political leaders conceded to collect caste-wise data in Census 2011 for the first time in India's post-independence history. Yet, in the year that followed, bureaucrats blocked a caste count in the census and rerouted it to an inexperienced part of the government. This book uncovers the plan to gather caste-wise data in an alternative project with a history of producing poor-quality data. The case of the failed caste count highlights how state institutions evade the documentation of caste power, the continued institutionalization of castelessness—which frames caste as a problem of the oppressed and hides caste privilege and power—and ongoing efforts at resisting caste hierarchy and Hindutva domination.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: The Political Maneuvers of Caste Denial\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Institutional Life of Caste\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Politics of the Count\u003cbr\u003e 4. Survey Making in an Era of Castelessness\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Household Interview\u003cbr\u003e 6. Disappeared Data: The Life and Death of Caste Data\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: Commensuration in Brahmanical Institutions\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475077853464,"sku":"9781009414111","price":68.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009414111i.jpg?v=1785804245","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/counting-caste-census-politics-bureaucratic-deflection-and-brahmanical-power-in-india-hardback-9781009414111","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}