The Mobile Scheduled Castes: Rise of a New Middle Class

19 Supervisory Staff 32 Officer Class 40 Upper Division 97 Lower Technical Ahatas Balmiki behaviour of reference cadres of jobs caste and class caste background caste hierarchy caste system Chamar changes Chapter class and caste class status class structure contra-identification correlation degree of social Delhi Dhanuk Dhobi dimensions directions of social earlier economic emulation ethnocentric extent families of procreation fathers framework Harijans Hindu improved income India interaction job cadres Kanpur city Khatik Kori large majority Lower Division Clerk Lower Technical Staff M. N. Srinivas measured mentioned middle class mobile scheduled castes mobility scores multiple status hierarchy Nagar Non-sweeper Class occupations parental families Pasi persons position protective discrimination rank reference group behaviour reference individuals residential background respondents belonging social mobility social power social status socio-economic status status anxiety status identification status in caste Sweeper Class Table tion Total untouchables Upper Division Clerk upward upwardly mobile variables various