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This book examines the emergence, ideology and programmes, mobilisational strategies, electoral progress and political significance of the BSP against the backdrop of a strong wave of Dalit assertion in UP. Based upon extensive fieldwork in western UP, government reports and interviews with Dalit leaders, this study, while highlighting the BSP?s considerable achievements, explores the reasons for the party?s failure to harness the forces of Dalit assertion in UP.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Agenda
Dalit Consciousness and Movements in the Colonial Period: Socio-Political Roots of the BSP
Emergence, Leadership and Organisation: Understanding the BSP
Social Justice as Ideology: Theory and Praxis
Dalit Assertion through Electoral Politics: Mobilisational Strategies and Performance of the BSP
`New Forms`of Dalit Assertion at the Grassroots: The BSP in Meerut District
Conclusion
Postscript
Bibliography
IndexISBN - 9780761996279
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Pages : 296
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