01209nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804100080008108200200008910000260010924500530013525000120018826000360020030000180023650400160025452006990027065000580096920250513142036.0240821s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9788178240800qpbk  aeng  a305.560954bJAF  aJaffrelot, Christophe 0aIndias Silent Revolutionc/ Christophe Jaffrelot  a1st ed.  bPermanent Blackc2003aNew Dehi  a505p;c22 cm.  aBib and Ref  aSince 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.  aGeneral Books ; Emancipatie ; India ; Kastenstelsel ;