This book examines the emergence, ideology and programmes, mobilisational strategies, electoral progress and political significance of the BSP against the backdrop of a strong wave of Dalit assertion in UP. Based upon extensive fieldwork in western UP, government reports and interviews with Dalit leaders, this study, while highlighting the BSP’s considerable achievements, explores the reasons for the party’s failure to harness the forces of Dalit assertion in UP. INDICE: Preface Introduction: Dalit Assertion and the Unfinished Democratic Agenda Dalit Consciousness and Movements in the Colonial Period: Socio-Political Roots of the BSP Emergence, Leadership and Organisation: Understanding the BSP Social Justice as Ideology: Theory and Praxis Dalit Assertion through Electoral Politics: Mobilisational Strategies and Performance of the BSP `New Forms`of Dalit Assertion at the Grassroots: The BSP in Meerut District Conclusion Postscript Bibliography Index
- ISBN: 978-0-7619-9627-9
- Editorial: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 296
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