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  • Maya, Modi, Azad

    Dalit Politics in the Time of Hindutva

    'The book has added immensely to our understanding of the political churning in India' - Swapan Dasgupta, Former MP Rajya Sabha and Author of Awakening Bharat Mata'A richly researched and insightful work. This investigates the place of Dalits in Indian politics at a time when it is dominated by Hindutva nationalism' - Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha MP representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency ... Leer más

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  • Politics of Representation

    Historically Disadvantaged Groups in India’s Democracy

    Edición de Sudha Pai, Sukhadeo Thorat ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book presents debates around the concept of representation and how these ideas apply to representation for selected disadvantaged groups in India. It discusses empirical concerns and examines political representation of these disadvantaged groups in post-independence India. The experience of political representation of SCs, STs: the method of election, role of political parties in providing ... Leer más

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  • Interrogating Reorganisation of States

    Culture, Identity and Politics in India

    Edición de Asha Sarangi, Sudha Pai ...
    The volume analyses the complex historical and political context for the processes of state formation in independent India. It provides both a conceptual and empirical framework for an understanding of Indian democracy through the perspective of reorganisation of states.Following the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1956, the territorial boundaries of the states ... Leer más

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  • The Indian Parliament

    A Critical Appraisal

    de Sudha Pai ...
    • This volume examines the credibility and legitimacy of the Indian Parliament, scrutinising various aspects of its functioning. • The introduction provides a broad-ranging analysis of the relationship between the functioning of parliamentary institutions and the rapid changes witnessed in Indian society, particularly the onset of coalition politics and the initiation of economic reforms. • The ... Leer más

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  • Developmental State and the Dalit Question in Madhya Pradesh: Congress Response

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    Dalit assertion has been a central feature of the states in the Hindi heartland since the mid-1980s, leading to the rise of political consciousness and identity-based lower-caste parties. The present study focuses on the different political response of the Congress party to identity assertion in Madhya Pradesh under the leadership of Digvijay Singh. In Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, in response to the ... Leer más

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  • Caste and Democratic Politics in India

    The Indian constitution seeks to prevent the perpetuation of caste and build a casteless social system. But this has not happened over the fifty-odd years since Indian independence, and shows little sign of happening in the near future. Therefore no understanding of Indian politics is possible without a thorough understanding of the complexities of caste. The aim of this book is to bring about ... Leer más

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  • Rethinking State Politics in India

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  • Rival Claims

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  • The Decline of the Caste Question

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