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Mobilizing the marginalized : ethnic parties without ethnic movements /

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In Dalit Politics, Amit Ahuja uses the Dalit case to develop a powerful new theory of the often orthogonal relationship between social and political mobilization. He argues that when a marginalized ethnic group's social mobilization precedes its electoral mobilization, the marginalized group�...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahuja, Amit (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Series:Modern South Asia series.
Subjects:
Dalits > India > Social conditions.
Dalits > Political activity > India.
Marginality, Social > Political aspects > India.
Social movements > India.
Political parties > India.
India > Politics and government.
Table of Contents:
  • Mobilizing the marginalized
  • Historical Dalit social mobilization
  • The effects of historical Dalit social mobilization
  • Dalit party performance and bloc voting
  • Dalit social mobilization and bloc voting
  • How mobilization type shapes Dalit welfare
  • The identity trap
  • Conclusion : whither Dalit politics?