The Routledge handbook of the other backward classes in India : thought, movements and development /: thought, movements and development. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Simhadri Somanaboina and Akhileshwari Ramagoud.
• Editors: Simhadri, S (Somanaboina), 1955-; Ramagoud, Akhileshwari
• Contents: Foreword by Christophe Jaffrelot Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THOUGHT AND IDEOLOGY 1. The Backward God: Gautam Buddha’s Liberative Agenda for the OBCs Kancha Ilaiah 2. Contesting Caste: The Revolutionary Movement of the Sant-Poets Braj Ranjan Mani 3. The Thought and Ideology of Jotirao Phule Gail Omvedt 4. Claiming Savitribai Phule: Life and Times of a Forgotten Liberator Nilekha Salunke 5. Shahu Maharaj and OBC Empowerment in Maharashtra Bharath Patankar 6. Dr Ambedkar and Annihilation of Caste K Srinivasulu 7. Narayana Guru and Formation of Political Society in Kerala: A Contemporary Critique K V Cybil 8. E V Ramasami Periyar on Caste-Society & Category-wise Rights G Aloysius 9. Dr. Lohia’s Socialist Thought and Powering People Simhadri Somanaboina and Akhileshwari Ramagoud PART II: OBC MOVEMENTS 10. Introduction: OBCs and Social Justice M N Rao 11. Mandal, Mandal Commission and Making of an OBC Identity Arvind Kumar 12. The Other Backward Classes: Pre- and Post-Mandal India Simhadri Somanaboina 13. Backward Caste Movement: The Tamil Nadu Experience K A Manikumar 14. Backward Class Movement in Karnataka M Gurulingaiah 15. Politics and Public Policy of the Dominant Castes towards Backward Classes in Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh: A Critical Analysis from 1956-2014 E Venkatesu 16. OBC Movement in Maharashtra: Reclaiming the Bahujan legacy Lata Pratibha Madhukar 17. OBC Leadership & Electoral Politics in Uttar Pradesh A K Verma 18. Understanding Backward Caste Movement in Contemporary Bihar Sanjay Kumar 19. The Other Backward Classes in Bengal: Exclusion, Exploitation and Empowerment Mahua Sarkar PART III: OBC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES 20. Contextualizing the Backward Classes Discourse G Aloysius 21. Modernization, Social Exclusion and Empowerment of Other Backward Classes in India: A Study of Gujarat Santosh Kumar and D Sriram 22. Other Backward Classes and State Policies in Uttar Pradesh Chitaranjan Das Adhikary 23. The Status of Muslim OBCs in India: Inclusion/Exclusion of Muslim OBCs in the Process of Modernisation and Development in Post-Independent India Syed Amin Jafri 24. Status of Backward Caste Artisans in India: An Appraisal K Murali Manohar 25. Entrenched Inequality among OBC Women of India: A Narrative of Telangana Akhileshwari Ramagoud 26. The Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities of Telangana: A Ground Report Akhileshwari Ramagoudand Simhadri Somanaboina 27. Media in India: Free to Exclude? P L Vishweshwer Rao 28. The OBC vote in North India: Trends and Patterns
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Routledge India
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 305.50954; Social classes -- India; Social movements -- India; India -- Economic policy; India -- Social policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000462807; 9781000462746; 9781003152873
• Related ISBNs: 9780367610548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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