Preferential policies and the movement of the disadvantaged
The case of the Scheduled Castes in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2145753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rita Jalali (Franklin & Marshall College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-120 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.1993.9993774 |
| OpenAlex | W2000810202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article examines the effect of state actions on the political behaviour of disadvantaged minorities. Most studies of political mobilization fail to inquire about the role of the state in the formation and maintenance of political groups. This article describes the process through which the polity constructs new forms of group awareness and political action among previously inarticulate, unorganized sections of society. More specifically, it is about the political mobilization of an oppressed minority in India, the Scheduled Castes - a group composed of distinct caste groups with specific cultural and occupational characteristics but lumped under a single category by the state. Through a longitudinal study comparing two periods in a state's political history I show how progressive state intervention in the form of preferential policies increased the political organization and activism of this oppressed minority. The analysis is based on a survey of government documents; coding of newspaper reports; interviews with politicians, administrative and police officials, grass-roots activists and organizational leaders of the movement
Caste · Disadvantaged · Newspaper · Political economy · Political mobilization · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Polity · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
Preferential Policies for Disadvantaged Ethnic Groups
Caste System of Stratification
Racial and Ethnic Conflicts
Contextualising South Asian Shame
Le point de vue des fonctionnaires dalits sur les quotas d’embauche de la fonction publique
Caste
Caste
International Funding of NGOs in India
Literate Change Agents Working in Oral Communities
Another "People of India" Project
Untouchable
Outsourcing Social Transformation
Competitive ethnic relations
Bringing the State Back In
The Truly Disadvantaged
Theses on the Theory of the State
Limits to Citizen Participation
The Irony of Organization
Theses on the Theory of the State
Competing Equalities. Law and the Backward Classes in India
The State and Society
Political Process and the Development of Black Insurgency, 1930-1970
The Untouchables in Contemporary India
Resource Mobilization and Social Movements
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |