Mobilizing the marginalized : ethnic parties without ethnic movements / Amit Ahuja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahuja, Amit, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dalits--India--Social conditions.

Dalits.

Dalits--Political activity--India.

Marginality, Social--Political aspects--India.

Marginality, Social.

Social movements--India.

Social movements.

Political parties--India.

Political parties.

India--Politics and government.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

In India, a young democratic system has undermined the legitimacy of a 2000 year old social system that excluded and humiliated an entire people by treating them as untouchables. This incomplete, but irreversible change in Indian society and politics has been authored by the mobilization of some of the most marginalized citizens in the world and counts as one of the most significant achievements of Indian democracy. This work presents evidence showing that a marginalized group gains more from participating in a social movement and dividing support among parties than from voting en bloc for an ethnic party.

Contents:

Mobilizing the marginalized

Historical Dalit social mobilization

The effects of historical Dalit social mobilization

Dalit party performance and bloc voting

Dalit social mobilization and bloc voting

How mobilization type shapes Dalit welfare

The identity trap

Conclusion : whither Dalit politics?

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 5, 2019).

Also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-091645-1

0-19-091646-X

0-19-091644-3