This chapter investigates the changing relations between caste, class, and

power. The distribution of power creates a hierarchy which is different from

the hierarchies of caste and class. The relations between class and power,
and the role of caste in party politics are then examined. Sripuram
constituted an agraharam village. One can obtain a variety of class
positions with different degrees of probability, whatever one’s position in
the caste structure may be. Several factors were responsible for the power
and influence of the old landowning class in Sripuram. The changing
relationships between the Brahmins and a variety of political parties are
explored. The processes of economic change and political modernization
have led the productive system and the organization of power to acquire an
increasing degree of autonomy. It would appear that a certain measure of
“discreteness” is enjoyed by each of the three orders considered: caste,
class, and power. This chapter investigates the changing relations between
caste, class, and power.
The distribution of power creates a hierarchy which is different from the
hierarchies of caste and class. The relations between class and power, and
the role of caste in party politics are then examined. Sripuram constituted
an agraharam village. One can obtain a variety of class positions with
different degrees of probability, whatever one’s position in the caste
structure may be. Several factors were responsible for the power and
influence of the old landowning class in Sripuram. The changing
relationships between the Brahmins and a variety of political parties are
explored. The processes of economic change and political modernization
have led the productive system and the organization of power to acquire an
increasing degree of autonomy. It would appear that a certain measure of
“discreteness” is enjoyed by each of the three orders considered: caste,
class, and power. This chapter investigates the changing relations between
caste, class, and power. The distribution of power creates a hierarchy
which is different from the hierarchies of caste and class. The relations
between class and power, and the role of caste in party politics are then
examined. Sripuram constituted an agraharam village. One can obtain a
variety of class positions with different degrees of probability, whatever
one’s position in the caste structure may be. Several factors were
responsible for the power and influence of the old landowning class in
Sripuram. The changing relationships between the Brahmins and a variety
of political parties are explored. The processes of economic change and
political modernization have led the productive system and the organization
of power to acquire an increasing degree of autonomy. It would appear that
a certain measure of “discreteness” is enjoyed by each of the three orders
considered: caste, class, and power. This chapter investigates the
changing relations between caste, class, and power. The distribution of
power creates a hierarchy which is different from the hierarchies of caste
and class. The relations between class and power, and the role of caste in
party politics are then examined. Sripuram constituted an agraharam
village. One can obtain a variety of class positions with different degrees of
probability, whatever one’s position in the caste structure may be. Several
factors were responsible for the power and influence of the old landowning
class in Sripuram. The changing relationships between the Brahmins and a
variety of political parties are explored. The processes of economic change
and political modernization have led the productive system and the
organization of power to acquire an increasing degree of autonomy. It
would appear that a certain measure of “discreteness” is enjoyed by each
of the three orders considered: caste, class, and power.