The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India: Thought, Movements and Development

Bys: S. Simhadri and Akhileshwari Ramagoud

This handbook presents an authoritative account of the development of movements, thoughts and policies of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in India. Despite the adoption of egalitarian principles in the Indian Constitution, caste inequalities, discrimination and exclusionary practices against people from backward classes and other lower castes continue to haunt them in contemporary India.

A comprehensive work on the politics of identity and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036761054X
• ISBN13: 9780367610548
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"