TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jaffrelot,Christophe
AU  - Kumar,Sanjay
TI  - Rise of the plebeians?: the changing face of Indian legislative assemblies 
T2  - Exploring the political in South Asia
SN  - 9780415460927
AV  - DS 422 .C3 R57 2009
U1  - 328.540922 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Delhi, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Caste
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - India
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1947-
N1  - Includes statistical tables; Series numbering from cover; Includes bibliographical references; Foreword / Mukulika Banerjee -- Preface / Yogendra Yadav -- Introduction / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Pt. I. Hindi Belt towards Social Engineering -- 1. Marginalisation of the Savamas in Uttar Pradesh? / Jasmine Zerinini -- 2. Bihar: The New Stronghold of a OBC Politics / Cyril Robin -- 3. Uneven Rise of Lower Castes in the Politics of Madhya Pradesh / Christophe Jaffrelot -- Pt. II. North-western Pattern -- 4. Legislative Elite in Punjab: A Socio-political Study / Ashutosh Kunar and T. R. Sharma -- 5. Towards Jat Empowerment in Rajasthan / Christophe Jaffrelot and Cyril Robin -- 6. Gujarat: When Patels Resist the Kshatriyas / Kitan Desai and Ghanshyam Shah -- Pt. III. Reign of Dominant Castes in the Deccan -- 7. Maharashtra or Maratha Rashtra? / Rajendra Vora -- 8. Legislators in Karnataka: Well-entrenched Dominant Castes / Sandeep Shastri -- 9. Two Dominant Castes: The Socio-political System in Andhra Pradesh / Anne Vaugier-Chatterjee -- Pt. IV. Tribal States? -- 10. Jharkhand: Between Tribal Mobilisation and the Rise of the OBC / Cyril Robin -- 11. Tribals, OBC, Reformist Movements and Mainstream Politics in Chhattisgarh / Samuel Berthet -- Pt. V. Where the Upper Castes Resist -- 12. Resilient Bhadralok: A Profile of the West Bengal MLAs / Stephanie Tawa Lama-Rewal -- 13. Socio-economic Background of Legislators in Kerala / G. Copa Kumar -- Pt. VI. Domain of Proportionality -- 14. Himachal Pradesh: The Well- established Domination of Majoritarian Upper Castes / Ramesh K. Chauhan, S. N. Ghosh and T. R. Sharma -- 15. Changing Face of Delhi's Politics: Has it Changed the Face of the Political Representatives? / Sanjay Kumar -- Pt. VII. Tamil Exception: The Subalternist Tradition -- 16. Caste and Beyond in Tamil Politics / Jean-Luc Racine
N2  - Contributed articles on the caste membership of the members of state-level legislative assemblies of India
ER  -