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A brilliant analysis of the socio-political processes that help us understand the challenges faced by marginalized populations for representation and recognition in India.
The premise of democratic politics is that all citizens are equal and have an equal right to a say in national politics. This definition of democracy, however, is observed far more in the breach than in practice. Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis continue their struggle to seek entry into the ...
Based on an ethnographic study of Dalit movements in Maharashtra, the volume studies the role of caste in the context of the evolution of the civil society, such as, in building up localised forms and processes of civil society. Pointing out that studies have generally focused on the role of the state in shaping the civil society and ignored the caste factor, it deals with the nature and forms of Dalit assertion in the 1990s—the post-Panther phase (after ...