Civility against caste : Dalit politics and citizenship in western India / Suryakant Waghmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waghmore, Suryakant

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dalits--Political activity--India--Maharashtra.

Dalits.

Dalits--Civil rights--India--Maharashtra.

Dalits--Government policy--India--Maharashtra.

Civil society--India--Maharashtra.

Civil society.

Caste--Political aspects--India--Maharashtra.

Caste.

Political participation--India--Maharashtra.

Political participation.

Manavi Hakk Abhiyan (Organization).

Bahujan Samaj Party.

Caste--Political aspects.

Dalits--Government policy.

Dalits--Civil rights.

Dalits--Political activity.

Maharashtra (India)--Politics and government.

Maharashtra (India).

India--Maharashtra.

Physical Description:

xxxvii, 235 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, 2013.

Contents:

Caste and Dalit politics in the making of civil society

Dalit movements in the post-panther period : contextualising the BSP and MHA in Marathwada

Of peasant kings and untouchable citizens : caste violence and democratisation of public spaces in rural Maharashtra

Jameen Aamchya Hakkachi : politics of land rights and advocacy NGOs in Marathwada

The imagined "Bahujan" : caste and cultural repertoires of BSP

Beyond Mahar dominance : the making of Phule-Ambedkarite Mangs in MHA

Electoral politics and Dalit freedoms

Between high democracy and low civility : why Dalits need a civil society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-226) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

813211308X

9788132113089

OCLC:

848267833

Publisher Number:

99958859311