Diversity and Dominance in Indian Politics Division, Deprivation and the Congress

In this volume, a distinguished group of scholars examines important aspects of Congress policy and political strategy, particularly as they apply to minority groups and depressed classes and castes. It provides original inputs to our understanding of the politics of the social and geographical periphery and the socially deprived in contemporary India. The contributors advance new interpretations as well as present new data concerning one of the most important issues confronting public authority in India. "This is a good anthology of learned papers on the congress and the various kinds of deprivation in India. Students of Indian politics will find in very useful."