The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Thought and ideology
	Chapter 1 The backward god: Gautama Buddha’s liberative agenda for the Shudra/OBCs
	Chapter 2 Contesting caste: The revolutionary movement of the sant-poets
	Chapter 3 Thought and ideology of Jotirao Phule
	Chapter 4 Reclaiming Savitribai Phule: Life and times of a forgotten liberator
	Chapter 5 Shahu Maharaj and OBC empowerment in Maharashtra
	Chapter 6 Dr Ambedkar and Annihilation of Caste
	Chapter 7 Narayana Guru and formation of political society in Kerala: A contemporary critique
	Chapter 8 E. V. Ramasami Periyar on caste-society and category-wise rights
	Chapter 9 Dr Lohia’s socialist thought and empowering people
Part II Backward class movements
	Chapter 10 OBCs and social justice
	Chapter 11 Mandal, Mandal Commission and making of an OBC identity
	Chapter 12 The other backward classes: Pre- and post-Mandal India
	Chapter 13 Backward caste movement: The Tamil Nadu experience
	Chapter 14 Backward class movement in Karnataka
	Chapter 15 Politics and public policy of the dominant castes towards backward classes in Andhra Pradesh from 1956–2014: A critical analysis
	Chapter 16 OBC movement in Maharashtra: Reclaiming the Bahujan legacy
	Chapter 17 OBC leadership and electoral politics in Uttar Pradesh
	Chapter 18 Understanding backward caste movement in contemporary Bihar
	Chapter 19 The other backward classes in Bengal: Exclusion, exploitation and empowerment
Part III OBC development and policies
	Chapter 20 Contextualizing the backward classes discourse
	Chapter 21 Modernization, social exclusion and empowerment of OBCs in India: A study of Gujarat
	Chapter 22 Other Backward Classes and state policies in Uttar Pradesh
	Chapter 23 The status of Muslim OBCs in India: Inclusion/exclusion of Muslim OBCs in the process of modernization and development
	Chapter 24 Status of backward-caste artisans in India: An Appraisal
	Chapter 25 OBC women in Nizamabad, Telangana : Entrenched inequality, a narrative of four castes
	Chapter 26 The nomadic and semi-nomadic communities of Telangana: A ground report
	Chapter 27 Media in India: Free to exclude?
	Chapter 28 The OBC vote in North India: Trends and patterns
Index