Dalit identity and politics/ edited by Ghanshyam Shah - New Delhi: Sage, 2001. - 363 p. ; 23 cm. - Cultural subordination and the dalit challenge .

1. Introduction: Dalit Politics / Ghanshyam Shah --
2. Caste System and Economic Inequality: Economic Theory and Evidence / S. K. Thorat and R. S. Deshpande --
3. The Structure of South Indian Untouchable Castes: A View / N. Sudhakar Rao --
4. The Language of Dalit-Bahujan Political Discourse / Gopal Guru --
5. Dalitism vs Brahmanism: The Epistemological Conflict in History / Kancha Ilaiah --
6. The Meaning of Ambedkar / Eleanor Zelliot --
7. Ambedkar and After: The Dalit Movement in India / Gail Omvedt --
8. The Interface between Ambedkar and the Dalit Cultural Movement in Maharashtra / Gopal Guru --
9. Dalit Movements and the Search for Identity / Ghanshyam Shah --
10. Dalit Literature and Dalit Identity / S. P. Punalekar --
11. Visions, Illusions and Dilemmas of Dalit Christians in India / Lancy Lobo --
12. From Harijans to Dalits: Identity Formation, Political Consciousness and Electoral Mobilisation of the Scheduled Castes in Uttar Pradesh / Sudha Pai. 13. Anatomy of a Dalit Power Player: A Study of Kanshi Ram / Abhay Kumar Dubey --
14. Dalit Assertion through Electoral Politics / Pushpendra.

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Dalits--Economic conditions
Dalits--Politics and government
Dalits--Social conditions

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