%0 Journal Article
%T Changes in Livelihood and Caste Relations in Udipur
%A Madhusudan Subedi
%J Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
%P 86-102
%D 2014
%R 10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10690
%X There have been changes in the economic and social relations in Nepal. The market has been providing opportunities for choosing livelihood options. Livelihood diversification, particularly non-farm, appears to be growing in extent and importance in recent years. Although local wage labor has increased in farm sector, agriculture is not a path out of poverty. The relationship between caste and hereditary occupations has been less significant and there has occurred a significant shift in the bases of power. There is an increase in class consciousness and a decrease in caste consciousness; wealth is replacing birth as the basis of social power and prestige. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v6i0.10690   Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.6 2014: 86-102
%K livelihood diversification
%K power relations
%K Jajmani system
%K social transformation
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/HJSA/article/view/10690