Victor Snow | 2022 | ISBN: 198466123X | English | 196 pages | True PDF | 2 MB
Caste is a rigid form of social stratification defined by hereditary status, endogamy, and hierarchies based on ritual purity. While rooted in Indian history-where its economic influence is currently declining due to urbanization-the term is also used to describe similar social structures globally and morphological groups in eusocial insects. Etymologically, the word derives from the Ibero-Romance casta, adapted by the Portuguese in the 15th century to describe the complex social divisions they encountered in India.
However, today castes are also changing into classes in urban areas particularly in terms of economic criterion. This book describes the characteristics of caste systems and the debates that sociologists have about this topic.
Laws And Caste System
