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Panthers in Parliament
Hugo Gorringe
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Description for Panthers in Parliament
Hardback. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSC; JHB; JPB. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
In the late 1990s, a group representing Dalits in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchior Liberation Panthers Partyshook the established social and political structures. For over a decade they boycotted elections, questioning the legitimacy of institutions that failed to implement constitutional provisions and allowed casteism to persist. The Panthers conducted mass awareness campaigns for Dalit liberation, instilling a sense of empowerment in a hitherto marginalized population. Eventually, labelled as extremists and alienated by the State, the Panthers were pushed into electoral politics. How the Panthers mobilized themselves and managed to effect changes in ... Read more
In the late 1990s, a group representing Dalits in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchior Liberation Panthers Partyshook the established social and political structures. For over a decade they boycotted elections, questioning the legitimacy of institutions that failed to implement constitutional provisions and allowed casteism to persist. The Panthers conducted mass awareness campaigns for Dalit liberation, instilling a sense of empowerment in a hitherto marginalized population. Eventually, labelled as extremists and alienated by the State, the Panthers were pushed into electoral politics. How the Panthers mobilized themselves and managed to effect changes in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780199468157
SKU
V9780199468157
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Ref
99-3
About Hugo Gorringe
Hugo Gorringe is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Reviews for Panthers in Parliament
The great strength of the monograph lies in the author's mastery of the details of Tamil Nadu politics and of the place of Dalit activists within them. Panthers in Parliament will be essential reading for anyone interested in Dalit issues, but students of social movements more generally will find it a highly rewarding (and perhaps unusual) ethnographic case study of ... Read more