Jaffrelot argues that the trend towards lower-caste representation in national politics constitutes a genuine "democratization" of India and that the social and
A Useful Work, Summerizing, Synthesizing And Analysing A Vast Amount Material To Demonstrate The Extent To Which The Transformations Of Caste Politics Have Led
India has long been dominated by the upper castes, even though the lower castes make up more than two thirds of the population. This book examines how the lower
For decades, India has been a conservative democracy governed by the upper caste notables coming from the urban bourgeoisie, the landowning aristocracy and the
Following independence, the Nehruvian approach to socialism in India rested on three pillars: secularism and democracy in the political domain, state interventi