Dalits in Modern India: Vision and Values/ edited by S. M. Michael

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Untouchability and Stratification in Indian Civilisation; Who is a Dalit?; lism within Colonialism: Phule's Critique of Brahmin Power; Dalit Vision of a Just Society in India; Ambedkar, Buddhism and the Concept of Religion; The Dalit Movement in Mainstream Sociology; Liberation Movements in Comparative Perspective: Dalit Indians and Black Americans; Sociology of India and Hinduism: Towards a Method; Hinduisation of Adivasis: A Case Study from South Gujarat; Ambedkar's Daughters: A Study of Mahar Women in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra The BSP in Uttar Pradesh: Whose Party is It?Ambedkar's Interpretation of the Caste System, its Economic Consequences and Suggested Remedies; Dalits and Economic Policy: Contributions of Dr B.R. Ambedkar; Reservation Policy and the Empowerment of Dalits; Scheduled Castes, Employment and Social Mobility; About the Editor and Contributors; Index