Caste and democratic politics in India
By: edited by Ghanshyam Shah.
Contributors: Shah, Ghanshyam.
Series: Essential writings in politics
Publisher: Permanent Black; Distributed by Orient Longman
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Delhi; Bangalore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
Subjects: Caste -- Political aspects -- India.; Representative government and representation -- India.; India -- Politics and government -- 1947-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Features of the caste system / G.S. Ghurye; title: Hierarchy : the theory of the 'varna' / Louis Dumont; title: Caste must go / M.K. Gandhi; title: Caste in India / B.R. Ambedkar; title: Ram-Manohar Lohia on caste in Indian politics / D.L. Sheth; title: Caste, class and property relations / B.T. Ranadive; title: The transformation of authority in rural India / Oliver Mendelsohn; title: Caste and class : social reality and political representations / D.L. Sheth; title: Federating for political interests : the Kshatriyas of Gujarat / Rajni Kothari and Rushikesh Maru; title: Pragmatic progressives in regional politics : the case of Devraj Urs / James Manor; title: The BJP and backward castes in Gujarat / Ghanshyam Shah; title: New phase in backward caste politics in Bihar, 1990-2000 / Sanjay Kumar; title: Dalit assertion through electoral politics / Pushpendra; title: Social backwardness and the politics of reservations / Ghanshyam Shah; title: The anti-caste movement and the discourse of power / Gail Omvedt.