Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Author:
| Pai, Sudha |
| Series title: | Cultural Subordination and the Dalit Challenge Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-9627-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This book examines the emergence, ideology and programmes, mobilisational strategies, electoral progress and political significance of the BSP against the backdrop of a strong wave of Dalit assertion in UP. Based upon extensive fieldwork in western UP, government reports and interviews with Dalit leaders, this study, while highlighting the BSP′s considerable achievements, explores the reasons for the party′s failure to harness the forces of Dalit assertion in UP.
This book examines the emergence, ideology and programmes, mobilisational strategies, electoral progress and political significance of the BSP against the backdrop of a strong wave of Dalit assertion in UP. Based upon extensive fieldwork in western UP, government reports and interviews with Dalit leaders, this study, while highlighting the BSP′s considerable achievements, explores the reasons for the party′s failure to harness the forces of Dalit assertion in UP.