Religious Mobilizations for Development and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Dalit Movements in Punjab and Maharashtra, India

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2010
Country:
India
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Jodhka, S.S., Avinash Kumar

Abstract

This research focuses on the place of religion in two lower caste movements for social change in the Indian states of Punjab and Maharashtra: the Ad Dharm/Ravidasi movement among the Chamars of the Doaba sub-region of Punjab, and the neo-Buddhist movement among the Hindu Mahars of Maharashtra. The research uses published historical acconts of the two movements, secondary sources and semi-structured individual and group interviews in selected, mainly urban, locations within the two regions where the movements emerged.

Citation

Jodhka, S.S.; Avinash Kumar. Religious Mobilizations for Development and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Dalit Movements in Punjab and Maharashtra, India. (2010) 109 pp.

Religious Mobilizations for Development and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Dalit Movements in Punjab and Maharashtra, India

Published 1 January 2010
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