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Titre :
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India's Silent Revolution : The Rise of the Lower Castes
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Auteurs :
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Christophe Jaffrelot, Auteur
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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London : Hurst & Company, 2003
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-1-85065-670-8
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Format :
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505 p.
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Note générale :
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Bibliogr. Index
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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320.954 (Politique en Inde)
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Mots-clés:
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Inde
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caste
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condition sociale
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politique et gouvernement
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Résumé :
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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 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.
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