Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh

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Sage Publications, 2002 - Political Science - 265 pages
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.

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About the author (2002)

Sudha Pai is Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, JNU. Apart from articles in reputed journals on electoral politics and the party system in India, her recent publications are Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh (2002) and Democratic Governance in India: Challenges of Poverty, Development, and Identity (2001, co-edited with Niraja Gopal Jayal). Her current interests include issues of governance and globalization in India.

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TitleDalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Revolution: The Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh
Volume 3 of Cultural subordination and the Dalit challenge
AuthorSudha Pai
PublisherSage Publications, 2002
ISBN0761996273, 9780761996279
Length265 pages
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Political Science / General
Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties
Political Science / World / Asian
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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