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ISBN-- 0415467322/ 9780415467322 Challenging conventional theories of democratisation, this shows how the political upsurge of th elower orders is situated within a wider process of the vernacularisation of democratic politics.i,e. how the values and practices of democrac vbecome embedded in particular cultural and social practices, and in the consciousness of ordinary people. Focussing on a historically marginalised caste, the yadav, that inrecent years has become very assertive and politically powerful in North india, the author shows how th eanalysis of localidioms - Caste, kinship popular religious, the past and politics .
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Pages : 256
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