Democracy against development : lower-caste politics and political modernity in postcolonial India / Jeffrey Witsoe.
By: Witsoe, Jeffrey [Author]
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BookSeries: South Asia across the disciplines: Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]Description: x, 243 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226063164 (cloth : alkaline paper); 9780226063478 (paperback : alkaline paper).Subject(s): Caste -- Political aspects -- India -- Bihar | Bihar (India) -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 305.560954123 | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 305.56 JHA-C Candala | 305.56 KUM-D Dalit and human rights : | 305.56 SIN-D Dalit and constitutional protection : | 305.560954123 Democracy against development : | 305.5680954 SIN-G Gandhi ambedkar and indian dalit: | 305.5680954 SIN-G Gandhi ambedkar and indian dalit: | 305.56880954 LAL-A Ambedkar and the Bhangis : efforts for their upliftment |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-236) and index.
State formation, caste formation, and the emergence of a lower-caste politics -- Lalu Yadav's Bihar : an incomplete revolution -- Caste in the state : division and conflict within the Bihar government -- Caste, regional politics, and territoriality -- A multiple village : caste divisions, democratic practice, and territorialities -- A multiple caste : intra-caste divisions and the contradictions of development -- The fall of Lalu Yadav and the meaning of lower-caste politics.
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