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Journal of Asian Studies (2000) 59 (1): 62–85.
Published: 01 February 2000
...Stuart Corbridge Abstract This paper reports on the economic and political consequences of reserving government and public-sector jobs for members of the Scheduled Tribes in the Indian State of Bihar. It also contributes to a more general debate on the system of compensatory discrimination that has...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1978) 37 (4): 786–788.
Published: 01 August 1978
...Lelah Dushkin Equality through Privilege: A Study of Special Privileges of Scheduled Castes in Haryana . By Partap C. Aggarwal and Mohd Siddiq Ashraf . New Delhi : Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources , 1976 . vii , 206 pp. References Cited, Appendixes, Index...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1988) 47 (3): 679–680.
Published: 01 August 1988
... approach shows the limitations of a specific academic tradition, that of "the comparative study of religious phenomena." PETER VAN DER VEER University of Utrecht The Scheduled Castes in Modern Indian Politics: Their Emergence as a Political Power. ByS. K . G U P T A . New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal...
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Published: 01 November 2009
Figure 3a. Market segmentation of India's scheduled commercial banks, 1990 and 2001. Source: Calculations by the author based on Reserve Bank of India data. More
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Published: 01 February 2012
Figure 2. Vote turnout in Uttar Pradesh, 1977–2007. Overall Turnout marks the total votes cast measured against all eligible voters; General Turnout marks the non-scheduled caste voters who voted measured against all non-scheduled class people; SC Turnout marks scheduled caste voters who voted More
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Journal of Asian Studies (2000) 59 (1): 3–25.
Published: 01 February 2000
..., covers an array of political parties and organizations that encompass groups normally classified under the umbrella category of “lower castes”: the so-called scheduled castes, the scheduled tribes, and the “other backward classes” (OBCs). How should we understand the politics of parties representing...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (4): 1143–1170.
Published: 01 November 2003
...Laura Dudley Jenkins Abstract In a bookstore in delhi, a salesman, apprised of my interest in lower-caste politics, handed me a tome about the officially listed Dalit, or untouchable, groups, The Scheduled Castes (Singh 1995). The first thing to strike me was the cover, a glossy photograph...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (1): 63–80.
Published: 01 February 2012
...Figure 2. Vote turnout in Uttar Pradesh, 1977–2007. Overall Turnout marks the total votes cast measured against all eligible voters; General Turnout marks the non-scheduled caste voters who voted measured against all non-scheduled class people; SC Turnout marks scheduled caste voters who voted...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (1): 85–105.
Published: 01 February 2015
...Francesca R. Jensenius Abstract Since independence, India has had electoral quotas for Scheduled Castes (SCs, Dalits, “untouchables”). These quotas have been praised for empowering members of a deprived community, but have also been criticized for bringing to power SC politicians who are mere tools...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1961) 20 (2): 149–167.
Published: 01 February 1961
...Robert A. Scalapino; Chong-Sik Lee Abstract In the summer of 1921, the Communist world was preparing for the first major conference of Far Eastern peoples. This conference was originally scheduled for Irkutsk in the late summer or early fall of that year. It was intended as a sequel to the Baku...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2002) 61 (4): 1259–1285.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Irene Eng; Yi-Min Lin Abstract The fifth day of the Lunar New Year marks the beginning of six weeks of religious festivities in the rural area of Chaozhou, a distinct dialect region in Southeast China. Scheduled on separate dates, processions of local deities are staged by different villages...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (3): 753–779.
Published: 01 August 2003
... to censor and weed out “seditious passages” from popular dramas (Guy 1987, 92), emperors throughout the Qing dynasty issued dozens of edicts regulating the construction, location, and clientele of commercial theaters. In rural areas, especially in times of unrest, local authorities often canceled scheduled...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (3): 749–773.
Published: 01 August 1998
...) are not uncommon. Both are listed as Scheduled Tribes in the Indian Constitution, a status that entitles them to special protection and benefit in education and government service. The Buxas live in the westernmost part of the district, while the Rana Tharu to their east also live in large numbers in the adjacent...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1977) 36 (4): 695–704.
Published: 01 August 1977
... to India, which afforded access to the state. Inasmuch as Gurdaspur appeared in the Second Schedule of the Indian Independence Act as part of the territories of the new West Punjab (Pakistan), being a district with a majority—even if a small majority—of Muslim inhabitants, there appears to be no good...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2000) 59 (1): 26–61.
Published: 01 February 2000
... 1981: Series 17, Punjab, Part xii . Census of India 1991a: 1991 Census District Handbook . Census of India 1991b: General Population Tables and Primary Census Abstract 1991 (Punjab), Part II-A and Part II-B, Statement 8 . Census of India 1991c: Primary Census Abstract for Scheduled Castes...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1964) 24 (1): 3–43.
Published: 01 November 1964
... centered on Ting hsien , Hopei, provides another example. Gamble Sidney D. , Ting Hsien ( New York , 1954 ) . From Table 88, p. 284, it is clear that 2-per-hsün schedules which overlap the market days of the hsien city's central market are underrpresented in the lower-level markets...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2000) 59 (1): 1–2.
Published: 01 February 2000
... three new trends in particular: the growth of Hindu nationalism, the emergence of regionalism, and the rise of a number of lower-caste parties and organizations representing Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Lower-caste concerns, the author argues, increasingly shape...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1988) 47 (3): 678–679.
Published: 01 August 1988
... Indian context. Gold has written an interesting book on an important religious tradition, but his approach shows the limitations of a specific academic tradition, that of "the comparative study of religious phenomena." PETER VAN DER VEER University of Utrecht The Scheduled Castes in Modern Indian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1965) 24 (2): 195–228.
Published: 01 February 1965
... on the average market day), the addition of new market days to the traditional schedules, and an increase in the number of markets. It may be assumed that the first response is the most sensitive and virtually automatic. The addition of market days to the traditional schedule occurs through the conscious...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1988) 47 (3): 680–681.
Published: 01 August 1988
... to support him in making demands on the Congress for support of the scheduled castes. Ironically Congress gave partial responsibility for this subcommittee to the Hindu Mahasabha, an orthodox Hindu group. In 1921-23 the non-Brahman Justice Party of South India cut off all contacts with the scheduled castes...