Rise of the plebeians? : the changing face of Indian legislative assemblies/ edited by Christophe Jaffrelot and Sanjay Kumar.

Foreword Yogendra Yadav. Introduction Christophe Jaffrelot Part 1: North India towards Social Engineering 1. The Political Elite in Uttar Pradesh Jasmine Zerinini-Brotel 2. Bihar: The New Stronghold of Plebeian Politics Cyril Robin 3. The Uneven Rise of the Lower Castes in Madhya Pradesh Politics Christophe Jaffrelot 4. From the Upper Castes to the Dominant Caste Politics in Rajasthan: A Conservative Pattern of Political Evolution Christophe Jaffrelot 5. Gujarat: When Patels Resist the Kshatriyas Ghanshyam Shah and Kiran Desai Part 2: The Reign of Dominant Castes in the Deccan 6. Maharashtra or Maratha Rashtra? Rajendra Vora 7. Legislators in Karnataka: The Resilience of Dominant Castes Sandeep Shastri 8. Andhra Pradesh: A Two-dominant Caste Socio-political System Anne Vaugier-Chatterjee Part 3: The Tamil Exception: The Subalternist Tradition 9. Caste and Beyond in Tamil Politics Jean-Luc Racine Part 4: Where the Upper Castes Resist 10. The Resilient Bhadralok: A Profile of the West Bengal MLAs Stephanie Tawa Lama-Rewal 11. Socio-economic Background of Legislators in Kerala Gopa Kumar 12. The Socio-economic Profile of the Legislators of Himachal Pradesh T.R. Sharma 13. The Changing Face of Delhi's Politics? Sanjay Kumar Part 5: Alternative Routes 14. The Punjab's Legislative Elite T.R. Sharma 15. The Jharkhand, between Tribal Mobilisation and the Rise to Power of the OBCs Cyril Robin 16. Chhattisgarh: Tribals, OBCs, Reformist Movements and Mainstream Politics Samuel Berthet.