The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India

Thought, Movements and Development
Herausgeber: Ramagoud, Akhileshwari; Somanaboina, Simhadri

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Produktbeschreibung

This handbook presents an authoritative account of the development of movements, thoughts and policies of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in India. Despite the adoption of egalitarian principles in the Indian Constitution, caste inequalities, discrimination and exclusionary practices against people from backward classes and other lower castes continue to haunt them in contemporary India. A comprehensive work on the politics of identity and plurality of experiences of OBCs in India, this handbook: - Features in-depth research by eminent scholars on the Other Backward Classes (OBC) social and political thought, OBC movements and OBC development and policy making. - Discusses the life, ideologies and pioneering contributions by Gautam Buddha, Sant Kabir, Jotirao Phule, Savitribai Phule, Shahu Maharaj, Narayana Guru, B.R. Ambedkar, Ram Manohar Lohia, and E V Ramasamy Periyar and leading social reform movements. - Examines OBC issues with case studies from various Indian states to look at issues of pre- and post- Mandal India; backward caste movements; and reclamation of the Bahujan legacy. - Critiques public policies and programs for the development of OBCs in India. - Reviews the status of Muslim OBCs in India and of the invisibilized nomadic communities. - Reviews the impact of globalization on the economically backward lower castes and the impact of development initiatives for the excluded people. The first of its kind, this handbook will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of exclusion and discrimination studies, diversity and inclusion studies, Global South studies, affirmative action, sociology, Indian political history, Dalit studies, political sociology, public policy, development studies and political studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 634
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1259g
• ISBN-13: 9780367610548
• ISBN-10: 036761054X
• Artikelnr.: 62268657

Autorenporträt

Simhadri Somanaboina is former Professor at Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He was associated with the Dept of Geography and Geoinformatics for 35 years. He has published on development studies, urban, regional and environmental studies and geo-informatics. His interest has been social activism and the marginalised people. He has published books on internal colonization of Telangana, election atlas and caste studies and has been associated with anti-caste movements and movement for a separate Telangana state for over three decades. Akhileshwari Ramagoud is an award-winning journalist and a teacher for 40-odd years. She was Deccan Herald's Foreign Correspondent based in Washington DC, USA, and as its Special Correspondent for Andhra Pradesh based in Hyderabad. She taught at the Dept. of Communication and Journalism in Osmania University and in Loyola Academy, Secunderabad, Telangana, India. She has published several research papers on media studies in national and international journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Christophe Jaffrelot. Introduction PART I: THOUGHT AND IDEOLOGY
1. The Backward God: Gautam Buddha's Liberative Agenda for the OBCs 2.
Contesting Caste: The Revolutionary Movement of the Sant-Poets 3. The
Thought and Ideology of Jotirao Phule 4. Claiming Savitribai Phule: Life
and Times of a Forgotten Liberator 5. Shahu Maharaj and OBC Empowerment in
Maharashtra 6. Dr Ambedkar and Annihilation of Caste 7. Narayana Guru and
Formation of Political Society in Kerala: A Contemporary Critique 8. E V
Ramasami Periyar on Caste-Society & Category-wise Rights 9. Dr. Lohia's
Socialist Thought and Powering People PART II: OBC MOVEMENTS10.
Introduction: OBCs and Social Justice 11. Mandal, Mandal Commission and
Making of an OBC Identity 12. The Other Backward Classes: Pre- and
Post-Mandal India 13. Backward Caste Movement: The Tamil Nadu Experience
14. Backward Class Movement in Karnataka 15. Politics and Public Policy of
the Dominant Castes towards Backward Classes in Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh: A
Critical Analysis from 1956-2014 16. OBC Movement in Maharashtra:
Reclaiming the Bahujan legacy 17. OBC Leadership & Electoral Politics in
Uttar Pradesh 18. Understanding Backward Caste Movement in Contemporary
Bihar 19. The Other Backward Classes in Bengal: Exclusion, Exploitation and
Empowerment PART III: OBC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES 20. Contextualizing the
Backward Classes Discourse 21. Modernization, Social Exclusion and
Empowerment of Other Backward Classes in India: A Study of Gujarat 22.
Other Backward Classes and State Policies in Uttar Pradesh 23. The Status
of Muslim OBCs in India: Inclusion/Exclusion of Muslim OBCs in the Process
of Modernisation and Development in Post-Independent India 24. Status of
Backward Caste Artisans in India: An Appraisal 25. Entrenched Inequality
among OBC Women of India: A Narrative of Telangana 26. The Nomadic and
Semi-Nomadic Communities of Telangana: A Ground Report 27. Media in India:
Free to Exclude? 28. The OBC vote in North India: Trends and Patterns