Rethinking postcolonial democracy: An examination of the politics of lower-caste empowerment in North India

American Anthropologist

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-631

  Witsoe, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Democracy; India; Postcolonial

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255192708     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01374.x     Document Type: Article

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