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India's silent revolution : the rise of the lower castes in North India
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2003
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South Asian CultureCongress DominationSilent RevolutionColonialismPolitical TheoryPolitical ProcessIndigenous PeopleIndigenous MovementSocial ChangeHistory Of CasteismBirth-based IdentitySocial SciencesSocial MobilizationIndigenous StudyCaste TemporalityDemocracyPolitical ScienceCasteLower CastesConservative DemocracyIndian DemocracyRural GovernanceNorth IndiaCaste DifferentiationSocial DiscriminationMarginalization StudiesIndian StudiesAffirmative Action StudiesSociologyPolitical DevelopmentEthnographyAnthropologyPolitical PartiesCultural Anthropology
Contents: I: Congress Domination and Conservative Democracy - The Ideological Roots of Indian Democracy's Social Deficit - Discourses and Practices - Congress: Party of the Intelligentsia or of the Notables? -The Co-option of Scheduled Caste Leaders and the 'Coalition of Extremes' - Indira Gandhi and the Aborted Reform of Congress - II: The Second Age of Indian Democracy - From Reluctant to Compelling Caste-Based Affirmative Action - Two Strategies: Quota Politics and Kisan Politics - The Janata Dal and the Empowerment of the Low Castes - The BSP: Not Just a Dalit Party - The Upper Castes' Political Resilience: Congress and the BJP Coping with the Mandal Commission.