Caste in space : the Bahujan Samaj Party and urban government in Agra and Ghaziabad, 2007-2013

The electoral success of lower-caste political parties has transformed India’s democratic polity over the past two decades. This thesis is the outcome of extensive ethnographic investigations of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), India’s most successful Dalit [ex-Untouchable castes] party, in two cities...

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Main Author: Jayaram, Ravi Shankar
Other Authors: Tillin, Louise Marie ; Jaffrelot, Christophe Olivier
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.713065