Dalits in modern India :

Dalits in modern India : vision and values / edited by S.M. Michael. - 2nd ed. - Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2007. - 369 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: Untouchable. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 1999. Untouchability and stratification in Indian civilisation / Shrirama -- Who is a Dalit? / John C.B. Webster -- Colonialism within colonialism : Phule's critique of Brahmin power / Mahesh Gavaskar -- Dalit vision of a just society in India / S.M. Michael -- Ambedkar, Buddhism, and the concept of religion / Timothy Fitzgerald -- The Dalit movement in mainstream sociology / Gopal Guru -- Liberation movements in comparative perspective : Dalit Indians and black Americans / K.P. Singh -- Sociology of India and Hinduism : towards a Method / S. Selvam -- Hinduisation of Adivasis : a case study from South Gujarat / Arjun Patel -- Ambedkar's daughters : a study of Mahar women in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra / Traude Pillai-Vetschera -- The BSP in Uttar Pradesh : whose party is it? / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Ambedkar's interpretation of caste system, its economic consequences and suggested remedies / Sukhadeo Thorat -- Dalits and economic policy : contributions of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar / Gail Omvedt -- Reservation policy and the empowerment of Dalits / P.G. Jogdand -- Scheduled castes, employment, and social mobility / Richard Pais.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780761935711 (pbk.) 0761935711 (pbk.)

2007001590


Dalits--Political activity.--India


India--Politics and government--20th century.

DS422.C3 / U54 2007

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