Jaffrelot Christophe <br/><br/>
Rise of the plebeians? : The changing face of Indian legislative assemblies 

 - New Delhi  Routledge  2009 
 - 494p  xxxvi 
<br/><br/>Table of contents<br/>Foreword Yogendra Yadav;<br/>Introduction Christophe Jaffrelot;<br/>Part 1: North India towards Social Engineering;<br/>1. The Political Elite in Uttar Pradesh Jasmine Zerinini-Brotel;<br/>2. Bihar: The New Stronghold of Plebeian Politics Cyril Robin;<br/>3. The Uneven Rise of the Lower Castes in Madhya Pradesh Politics Christophe Jaffrelot;<br/>4. From the Upper Castes to the Dominant Caste Politics in Rajasthan: A Conservative Pattern of Political Evolution Christophe Jaffrelot;<br/>5. Gujarat: When Patels Resist the Kshatriyas Ghanshyam Shah and Kiran Desai;<br/>Part 2: The Reign of Dominant Castes in the Deccan;<br/>6. Maharashtra or Maratha Rashtra? Rajendra Vora;<br/>7. Legislators in Karnataka: The Resilience of Dominant Castes Sandeep Shastri;<br/>8. Andhra Pradesh: A Two-dominant Caste Socio-political System Anne Vaugier-Chatterjee;<br/>Part 3: The Tamil Exception: The Subalternist Tradition;<br/>9. Caste and Beyond in Tamil Politics Jean-Luc Racine;<br/>Part 4: Where the Upper Castes Resist;<br/>10. The Resilient Bhadralok: A Profile of the West Bengal MLAs Stephanie Tawa Lama-Rewal;<br/>11. Socio-economic Background of Legislators in Kerala Gopa Kumar;<br/>12. The Socio-economic Profile of the Legislators of Himachal Pradesh T.R. Sharma;<br/>13. The Changing Face of Delhi's Politics? Sanjay Kumar;<br/>Part 5: Alternative Routes;<br/>14. The Punjab's Legislative Elite T.R. Sharma;<br/>15. The Jharkhand, between Tribal Mobilisation and the Rise to Power of the OBCs Cyril Robin;<br/>16. Chhattisgarh: Tribals, OBCs, Reformist Movements and Mainstream Politics Samuel Berthet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415460927 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Caste - Political Aspects - India2. India - Politics & Government - 1947 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.500000  / JAF