Traditional Institutions Meet the Welfare State: The Effect of Welfare on Caste Networks and Identity in India

• In Event: Distributive Politics and the Welfare State

Brief Overview

Traditionally, caste networks in India have provided social insurance. As the welfare state expands, does it substitute for caste-based insurance networks? If so, as caste-based insurance arrangements unravel, how is caste identity altered?

Author

• Akshay Dixit, Harvard University