India€™s Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Low Castes in North Indian Politics [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2005] CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT - Softcover

Christophe Jaffrelot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8178240807 ISBN 13: 9788178240800

Publisher: Permanent Black, 2003

Synopsis

Since the 1960s a new assertiveness has characterized indias formerly silent majority, the lower castes that comprise more than two-thirds of the country’s population today, india´s most populous state, uttar pradesh, is controlled by lower-caste politicians, as is bihar and lower-caste representation in national politics is growing inexorably jaffrelot argues that this trend constitutes a genuine ‘democratization’ of india and that the social and economic effects of this ‘silent revolution’ are bound to multiply in the years to come for anyone interested in indian politics, post-independence history and the contemporary political scenario, this is an indispensable book

About this edition

• Publisher: Permanent Black
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 8178240807
• ISBN 13: 9788178240800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 530