Open AccessGhanshyam Shah (ed.). Dalit Identity and Politics. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2001. 363 pages. Indian Rs 295.00.
Author(s) -
Ilhan Niaz
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v41i3pp.287-290
Subject(s) - politics , identity (music) , new delhi , social science , democracy , state (computer science) , sociology , political science , media studies , gender studies , law , geography , physics , metropolitan area , archaeology , algorithm , acoustics , computer science
Edited by Ghanshyam Shah, Professor of Social Sciences at theCentre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, New Delhi, Dalit Identity and Politics is the second volumein a series about the culture and politics of Dalits. It comprisesfourteen research articles that cover Dalit culture, history, politics,and economics, and makes for fascinating reading. The introduction,which is written by the editor, identifies the major challenge faced bythe present generation of Dalit intellectuals as resolving“…contradictions that have emerged with growing stratification withinthe community thanks to the limitations of welfare of ‘protective’measures in the capitalist economy” (p. 25). Other major challengesinclude addressing the dependence of Dalits on state intervention in anage of public sector shrinkage, and the persistent inability of Indianparliamentary democracy to bring about fundamental socialchange.