Hardcover. Etat : New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents Preface Introduction 1 Religion Caste and Communalism in Punjab 2 Class Analysis of Scheduled Castes 3 Scheduled Castes and Development from Above 4 Scheduled Castes Womens Work Participation in Rural Punjab 5 Emerging Trends in the Caste Structure of Punjab 6 Green Revolution and the Bahujan Samaj Party in Punjab 7 Punjabis in England The Addharmi Experience 8 Interrogating Changing Status of Dalits in Punjab 9 Caste conflicts in Punjab An Examination of Recent Jat Dalit Clash in a Punjab Village 10 Dalit Assertion in Punjab Examining New Trends and Emerging Dilemmas Index Covering three decades of social landscape this work examines various changes that have taken place among the dalits in the post colonial India However transformation among dalits has not been uniform across regions and castes Certain castes among dalits have been more mobile whereas others lagged behind The mobile castes have not emerged arbitrarily in any region rather they appeared on the historical scene as a result of favourable objective and subjective conditions Punjab was the first state to experience revolution in agriculture which virtually transformed the agrarian scenario With the declining poverty levels and emigration to foreign countries the dalits of Punjab experienced economic transformation leading to the emergence of classes within castes However the economic improvement did not translate into social uplift against which the upper caste resistance remained quite strong Despite the fact that the influence of Sikhism diluted caste untouchability and exclusion in matters related with worshipping in gurdwaras social inclusion of dalits remained an unfulfilled dream The dalits changed their strategy from struggle for caste equality to the assertion of their dalit identity a process which has become more pronounced among the Addharmis The Addharmis are no more interested in a casteless society They have oriented their struggle for social equality through the assertion of caste identity However for most of the other dalit castes discrimination and exclusion continue to be part of their everyday life in asymmetrical economic relations Recent occurrences seem to suggest that conflicts between upper castes and the dalits are taking place over the religious issues The present work traces the changing contours of the dalit struggle for their rightful place in the Punjabi society jacket 238 pp. N� de r�f. du vendeur 84245

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