Panthers in Parliament
Dalits, Caste, and Political Power in South India
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9780199468157
Publication date:
03/01/2017
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424 pages
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ISBN:
9780199468157
Publication date:
03/01/2017
Hardback
424 pages
Hugo Gorringe
In this ethnographic account of Dalit politics in Tamil Nadu, the author discusses how caste considerations inform and underpin politics in the state. With its micro-empirical focus on the journey of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (Liberation Panthers Party) in Tamil Nadu, the book also explores diverse dimensions of mobilization and ways in which contentious politics alters political regimes.
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Hugo Gorringe
Description
In the late 1990s, a group representing Dalits in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi—or Liberation Panthers Party—shook the established social and political structures. For over a decade they boycotted elections, questioning the legitimacy of institutions that failed to implement constitutional provisions and allowed casteism to persist. The Panthers conducted mass awareness campaigns for Dalit liberation, instilling a sense of empowerment in a hitherto marginalized population.
Eventually, labelled as extremists and alienated by the State, the Panthers were pushed into electoral politics. How the Panthers mobilized themselves and managed to effect changes in Tamil Nadu’s politics is the main premise of this ethnographic account. Looking into the processes of transition therein, the author discusses how caste considerations inform and underpin politics in the state and whether the Panthers will erode or adapt to hegemonic caste power. With its micro-empirical focus on identity politics in Tamil Nadu, the book also explores diverse dimensions of mobilization and ways in which contentious politics alters political regimes.
About the Author
HUGO GORRINGE is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Hugo Gorringe
Table of contents
Foreword by Surinder S. Jodhka
Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction: An Elegy for a Lost Movement?
Part I: From Movement to Party
1. Institutionalizing Caste Politics in Tamil Nadu
2. Twenty-First Century Casteism? Discrimination, Hierarchy, and Politics in Contemporary Tamil Nadu
3. From Protest to Politics: The Institutionalization of the Panthers
Part II: The Process of Institutionalization
4. Doing Tamil Politics: Informal Institutionalization
5. Symbolism over Substance? Symbols, Space, and Power
Part III: Co-option and Compromise: Taming the Panthers?
6. The Paradox of Parali Puthur: Leadership in Question
7. The ‘Sewer of Politics’: Corruption, Co-optation, and Compromise
Part IV: Beyond Institutional Politics
8. Subnational Nationalism: Reinventing Tamilness from Below?
9. The Power of the Panthers: The Outcomes of Dalit Politics
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Hugo Gorringe
Features
- It is an extremely readable account of Dalit Politics in Tamil Nadu
- It offers analyses of caste connections, leadership styles and corruption in politics.
- It analyses the relationship between caste and politics in the state, explores processes of institutionalization and evaluates the impact of the Liberation Panthers Party both in terms of its core Dalit supporters and democratization in the state.
Hugo Gorringe
Review
‘This excellent book explores the effect institutionalization of the Liberation Panthers—both in terms of theory and on the ground—has had on the Dalit movement in Tamil Nadu. While studies of social movement transitions focus on formal institutional change, this commendable work provides rich ethnographic insights into the process of transformation.’
—SUDHA PAI
Former Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
‘[T]his is an extremely readable account that captures the complex mix of intentions, acts, and anticipated outcomes of a politics of justice and its coming to terms with questions of power, rule, and governance.’
—V. GEETHA
Social historian and publisher from Tamil Nadu, India
Description
In the late 1990s, a group representing Dalits in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu called the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi—or Liberation Panthers Party—shook the established social and political structures. For over a decade they boycotted elections, questioning the legitimacy of institutions that failed to implement constitutional provisions and allowed casteism to persist. The Panthers conducted mass awareness campaigns for Dalit liberation, instilling a sense of empowerment in a hitherto marginalized population.
Eventually, labelled as extremists and alienated by the State, the Panthers were pushed into electoral politics. How the Panthers mobilized themselves and managed to effect changes in Tamil Nadu’s politics is the main premise of this ethnographic account. Looking into the processes of transition therein, the author discusses how caste considerations inform and underpin politics in the state and whether the Panthers will erode or adapt to hegemonic caste power. With its micro-empirical focus on identity politics in Tamil Nadu, the book also explores diverse dimensions of mobilization and ways in which contentious politics alters political regimes.
About the Author
HUGO GORRINGE is Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Kindly download the flyer for more details.
Reviews
‘This excellent book explores the effect institutionalization of the Liberation Panthers—both in terms of theory and on the ground—has had on the Dalit movement in Tamil Nadu. While studies of social movement transitions focus on formal institutional change, this commendable work provides rich ethnographic insights into the process of transformation.’
—SUDHA PAI
Former Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
‘[T]his is an extremely readable account that captures the complex mix of intentions, acts, and anticipated outcomes of a politics of justice and its coming to terms with questions of power, rule, and governance.’
—V. GEETHA
Social historian and publisher from Tamil Nadu, India
Table of contents
Foreword by Surinder S. Jodhka
Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction: An Elegy for a Lost Movement?
Part I: From Movement to Party
1. Institutionalizing Caste Politics in Tamil Nadu
2. Twenty-First Century Casteism? Discrimination, Hierarchy, and Politics in Contemporary Tamil Nadu
3. From Protest to Politics: The Institutionalization of the Panthers
Part II: The Process of Institutionalization
4. Doing Tamil Politics: Informal Institutionalization
5. Symbolism over Substance? Symbols, Space, and Power
Part III: Co-option and Compromise: Taming the Panthers?
6. The Paradox of Parali Puthur: Leadership in Question
7. The ‘Sewer of Politics’: Corruption, Co-optation, and Compromise
Part IV: Beyond Institutional Politics
8. Subnational Nationalism: Reinventing Tamilness from Below?
9. The Power of the Panthers: The Outcomes of Dalit Politics
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
