Dalits in modern India : vision and values /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
Sage Publications,
2007.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., Rev. and enl. ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| Item Description: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 369 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780761935711 (pbk.) 0761935711 (pbk.) |