Panthers in parliament : dalits, caste, and political power in South India /
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| Author / Creator: | Gorringe, Hugo, 1975- author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2017. |
| Description: | xxvi, 397 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11613743 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- Introduction: An Elegy for a Lost Movement?
- Part I. From Movement to Party
- 1. Institutionalizing Caste Politics in Tamil Nadu
- 2. Twenty-First Century Casteism? Discrimination, Hierarchy, and Politics in Contemporary Tamil Nadu
- 3. From Protest to Politics: The Institutionalization of the Panthers
- Part II. The Process of Institutionalization
- 4. Doing Tamil Politics: Informal Institutionalization
- 5. Symbolism over Substance? Symbols, Space, and Power
- Part III. Co-option and Compromise: Taming the Panthers?
- 6. The Paradox of Parali Puthur: Leadership in Question
- 7. The 'Sewer of Polities': Corruption, Co-optation, and Compromise
- Part IV. Beyond Institutional Politics
- 8. Subnational Nationalism: Reinventing Tamilness from Below?
- 9. The Power of the Panthers: The Outcomes of Dalit Policics
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author