Gorringe, Hugo

Untouchable citizens: Dalit movements and democratization in Tamil Nadu/ Hugo Gorringe - SAGE, 2004.

Intro --
Title Page --
Copyright Page --
For Our Readers --
Contents --
List of Abbreviations --
Series Editors' Note --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction: Untouchability Undone? --
1. Mapping the Movement: Introducing the Liberation Panthers --
2. Democracy, Demonstrations and Disorder: Social Mobilisation and Socio-Political Change --
3. Victimisation, Violence and Valour: The Context of Dalit Activism in Tamil Nadu --
4. Costs, Coercion and Caste: The Material Context of Dalit Protest --
5. Identity, Space and Power: The Spatial Bases and Practices of the DPI --
6. Dalit Women and Dalit Movements: Agency, Autonomy and Activism --
7. Leaders and Leadership: Movement Organisation and Membership Debates --
8. The Move to Politics: The Institutional Self-Transformation of the Liberation Panthers --
9. 'Voting for Ourselves': Dalit Politics and the 1999 Elections in Tamil Nadu --
Conclusion: Critical Citizens-The Liberation Panthers and Democratisation in India --
Appendix --
Bibliography --
Index --
About the Author.

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