Caste in politics explains how caste is an important factor in elections and also it refers to various forms caste can take in politics, and how this issue which is indeed a social factor gets politicised. Politics in caste:politics in caste,expalins h
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Caste can take various forms in politics:
when party's choose candidates in election day keep in mind the caste composition of the electorate and nominated candidates from different castes. so as to muster necessary support to win elections.
political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiment to muster support.
Universal adult franchise and the principle of one person one vote compelled political leaders to gear up to the task of mobilizing and securing political support.
no parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single cast. politics to influences the caste system and caste identities by bringing them into political Arena. it is not politics that gets caste ridden it is the caste that gets politicised. this takes several forms:
Each caste group tries to become bigger by incorporating within it neighbouring caste or subcaste.
New kinds of caste groups have come up in the political Arena like backward and forward caste group.
when party's choose candidates in election day keep in mind the caste composition of the electorate and nominated candidates from different castes. so as to muster necessary support to win elections.
political parties and candidates in elections make appeals to caste sentiment to muster support.
Universal adult franchise and the principle of one person one vote compelled political leaders to gear up to the task of mobilizing and securing political support.
no parliamentary constituency in the country has a clear majority of one single cast. politics to influences the caste system and caste identities by bringing them into political Arena. it is not politics that gets caste ridden it is the caste that gets politicised. this takes several forms:
Each caste group tries to become bigger by incorporating within it neighbouring caste or subcaste.
New kinds of caste groups have come up in the political Arena like backward and forward caste group.
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