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020			_a9781138653467 (hbk.)
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035			_a(OCoLC)917371589 _z(OCoLC)907965435 _z(OCoLC)908089057
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050		4	_aDS422.C3 _bG86 2016
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100	1		_aGundimeda, Sambaiah. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDalit politics in contemporary India / _cSambaiah Gundimeda.
250			_aFirst South Asia ed.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bRoutledge, _c2016.
300			_axxxii, 298 p. _bill. ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-291) and index.
520	8		_aThis book is a ground-breaking intervention on Dalit politics in India. Challenging received ideas, it uses a comparative framework to understand Dalit mobilisations for political power, social equality and justice. The monograph traces the emergence of Dalit consciousness and its different strands in north and south India - from colonial to contemporary times - and interrogates key notions and events. These include: the debate regarding core themes such as the Hindu-Muslim cleavage in the north and caste in the south; the extent to which Dalits and other backward castes (OBC) base their anti-Brahminism on similar ideologies; and why Dalits in Uttar Pradesh (north India) succeeded in gaining power while they did not do so in the region of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh (south India), where Dalit consciousness is more evolved. Drawing on archival material, fieldwork and case studies, this volume puts forward an insightful and incisive analysis. It will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of Dalit studies and social exclusion, Indian politics and sociology.
650		0	_aDalits _xPolitical activity _zIndia.
650		0	_aPolitics _xDalits _zIndia.
650		0	_aIndian Politics -- Dalits.
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982			_a20151207
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