POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Republican Party Of India, Maharashtra, Economic Mobility
2 Oct 2014
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Ethnicity and pluralism in india: the dravidian parties, route to tolerance and pluralism, the bahujan samaj party (bsp) Rejected call of leader to mourn the end of british rule. Accepted indian federalism and operated in that framework while calling for secession until the 1960s. Accepted electoral politics and used campaigns as a means to reach supporters. Shifted the focus of the movement from emphasizing ancestral ties to emphasizing cultural practices (the practices of ordinary, intermediate people/castes: consequences of populist turn, increased mobilization. More successful: inclusiveness, enrichment of civic life. Didn"t demonize certain groups that didn"t belong to their group. Allowed for the emergence of different groups within the party that became increasingly important in the party based on cultural life. Film societies, drama and theater, reading groups, authors, etc: wider patronage distribution. More through activists than through social elites and bureaucrats.
