Overview of Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India Book

Civil society as an analytical concept is increasingly treated with suspicion in the study of politics in postcolonial societies. While engaging with Dalit struggles for civility, this book offers a critique of normative liberal assumptions of civil society and also counters the scholarship that rejects the idea and possibility of civil society in postcolonial societies. Based on an ethnography of Dalit movements in Maharashtra, this book highlights the centrality of caste in constructing localized forms and processes of civil society. The study marks a shift from perspectives that either emphasize the role of the state in shaping civil society or totally ignore the role of caste in its formation. As one of the first books on the Post-Panther phase of Dalit politics in Maharashtra, this book makes an important contribution. It reopens the debate on the nature and forms of Dalit assertion in the 1990s and looks beyond the 'impasse' in Dalit politics.Table of Contents - Foreword by Christophe JaffrelotAcknowledgementIntroductionCaste and Dalit Politics in the Making of Civil Society.Dalit Movements in the Post-Panther Period - Contextualising the BSP and MHA in Marathwada.Of Peasant Kings and Untouchable Citizens - Caste Violence and Democratisation of Public Spaces.Jameen Aamchya Hakkachi - Politics of Land Rights and Advocacy NGOs.The Imagined "Bahujan" - Caste and Cultural Repertoires of BSPBeyond Mahar Dominance - The Making of Phule-Ambedkarite Mangs in MHA.Electoral Politics and Dalit FreedomsBetween High Democracy and Low Civility - Why Dalits need a Civil Society?GlossaryReferencesIndex

• Book Type :

SocialSciences

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

813211308X

• Civility against Caste: Dalit Politics and Citizenship in Western India Published On :

14 Nov 2013

• Resource:

Students and Professionals:Textbooks, SocialSciences

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