{"product_id":"9798888900123","title":"The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics","description":"This important book critically engages with the dynamics of caste in the politics of West Bengal, which unlike other parts of India has remained relatively free from large scale caste-based political mobilisation. The insignificance of caste in West Bengal politics has remained an enigma. Despite a growing interest in the politics of caste in West Bengal in recent years, in part due to the end of the world's longest serving democratically elected Communist government (1977-2011) - which put forward a class centric non-identitarian politics, the Caste question in West Bengal politics has remained under-researched. In this context, scholar Ayan Guha explores the reasons for the relative insignificance of caste in post-colonial West Bengal's politics and also assesses the future possibilities of caste-based identity politics in the state.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ayan Guha","offers":[{"title":"Haymarket Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-10-09","offer_id":44230063718655,"sku":"9798888900123","price":44.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8d36117a-d28c-4009-9c51-ac892249c6a9.jpg?v=1700681731","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798888900123","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}