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Seventy Years Later: Caste Struggle In The Indian Bureaucracy, Kathryn Victoria Doner
Seventy Years Later: Caste Struggle In The Indian Bureaucracy, Kathryn Victoria Doner
Global Studies Student Scholarship
Major: Global Studies and Sociology
Minors: Black and Latin American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Trina Vithayathil, Global Studies
Caste plays a role in all aspects of Indian life. Individuals from disadvantaged castes face challenges because of institutionalized discrimination and inequality favoring caste elites. The 1950 Indian Constitution implemented a centralized system of affirmative action after discriminated castes advocated for more representation in Indian society. Reservation of government bureaucracy seats would help to change the composition and culture of institutions. My research examines the changing caste composition of the administrative bureaucracy and the factors that have supported and impeded this change. …