Rise of the plebeians? : The changing face of Indian legislative assemblies

Table of contents
Foreword Yogendra Yadav;
Introduction Christophe Jaffrelot;
Part 1: North India towards Social Engineering;
1. The Political Elite in Uttar Pradesh Jasmine Zerinini-Brotel;
2. Bihar: The New Stronghold of Plebeian Politics Cyril Robin;
3. The Uneven Rise of the Lower Castes in Madhya Pradesh Politics Christophe Jaffrelot;
4. From the Upper Castes to the Dominant Caste Politics in Rajasthan: A Conservative Pattern of Political Evolution Christophe Jaffrelot;
5. Gujarat: When Patels Resist the Kshatriyas Ghanshyam Shah and Kiran Desai;
Part 2: The Reign of Dominant Castes in the Deccan;
6. Maharashtra or Maratha Rashtra? Rajendra Vora;
7. Legislators in Karnataka: The Resilience of Dominant Castes Sandeep Shastri;
8. Andhra Pradesh: A Two-dominant Caste Socio-political System Anne Vaugier-Chatterjee;
Part 3: The Tamil Exception: The Subalternist Tradition;
9. Caste and Beyond in Tamil Politics Jean-Luc Racine;
Part 4: Where the Upper Castes Resist;
10. The Resilient Bhadralok: A Profile of the West Bengal MLAs Stephanie Tawa Lama-Rewal;
11. Socio-economic Background of Legislators in Kerala Gopa Kumar;
12. The Socio-economic Profile of the Legislators of Himachal Pradesh T.R. Sharma;
13. The Changing Face of Delhi's Politics? Sanjay Kumar;
Part 5: Alternative Routes;
14. The Punjab's Legislative Elite T.R. Sharma;
15. The Jharkhand, between Tribal Mobilisation and the Rise to Power of the OBCs Cyril Robin;
16. Chhattisgarh: Tribals, OBCs, Reformist Movements and Mainstream Politics Samuel Berthet