Jaffrelot, Christophe.

India's silent revolution : the rise of the lower castes in North India / Christophe Jaffrelot. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2003. - xiv, 505 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 497-500) and index.

CONTENTS;
Introduction;
PART I. congress in Power or India as a Conservative Democracy;
PART II. The Uneven Emancipation of the Lower Castes: Non-Brahmins in the South,
OBC’s in the North;
PART III. Quota Politics and Kisan Politics: Complementarity and Competition;
PART IV. The Upper Castes’ Political Domination on Trial: The Congress(1), The BJP and Mandal;
Conclusion;
Bibliography;
Index.






9780231127868

2002073707


Dalits--Political activity--India.


India--Politics and government--1947-

DS422.C3 / J325 2003

323.3 JAF-2