INDIAS SILENT REVOLUTION Paperback – 1 January 2003

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by : Christophe Jaff (Author)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Permanent Black (1 January 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 530 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8178240807
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8178240800
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 500 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

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Since the 1960s a new assertiveness has characterized India’s formerly silent majority, the lower castes that comprise more than two-thirds of the country’s 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. For anyone interested in Indian politics, post-Independence history and the contemporary political scenario, this is an indispensable book

About the Author

Christophe Jaffrelot is director of research at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS in Paris, professor of Indian politics and sociology at King’s College London, and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His books include The Pakistan Paradox: Instability and Resilience and Business and Politics in India (co-edited with Atul Kohli and Kanta Murali). He lives in Le Chesnay, France.