Political Elite Among Scheduled Castes

• Author(s): Aluri Sundar Kumar Das,
• Publisher: Rawat Publications
• Pages: 205
• ISBN_10: 8131609472
  ISBN_13: 9788131609477
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Social History , Political Science / Public Policy / Cultural Policy , Political Science / World / Asian , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... This book delves into the history of the Dalit movements in Coastal Andhra and the Telangana regions of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. It is a critical study on the behavioural pattern of the Dalit leaders in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh. Though the spearheads of the movements entered electoral politics after India's independence, the system of 'joint electorate' and politics of cooptation adopted by the dominant political parties have diluted the movement for social structural change. This is reflected in the persistent social exclusion and occasional atrocities against Dalits, especially in rural areas.

The trajectory of clientelism, the inroads of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and the strategies adopted to compete with the entrenched political parties are critically examined in this book. It concludes with strategies for mobilisation and political power in the light of changing political equations in the state and the country.