The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India Christophe Jaffrelot Primary Author mixed material bibliography New York Columbia University Press 2003 en English

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505p Since the 1960s a new assertiveness has characterized India's formerly silent majority, the lower castes that comprise more than two-thirds of the population. Today India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, is controlled by lower-caste politicians, as is Bihar, and lower-caste representation in national politics is growing inexorably. Jaffrelot argues that this trend constitutes a genuine "democratization" of India and that the social and economic effects of this "silent revolution" are bound to multiply in the years to come. NONE 0231127863 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 954 JAF Ind 8936 C2O library & collabtive 954 JAF Ind 51Cp3AShP-L._UF1000%252C1000_QL80_.jpg.jpg 7607 2025-07-26 14:40:48 2025-07-26 14:46:19 machine generated