Abstract/Sommario: Dalit-Brahmin 'bhaichara' delivers Uttar Pradesh to Mayawati, who is looking to replicate the experiment in other northern States. Gli articoli della cover story : Dalit power / V. Ramakrishnan (the biggest question is whether the BSP's political leadership, especially Mayawati, has the skills to live up to the new hopes and to manage the contradictions that conflicting priorities are bound to throw up); Winning formula (The BSP dramatically altered its traditional anti-Brahmin, anti-u ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Dalit-Brahmin 'bhaichara' delivers Uttar Pradesh to Mayawati, who is looking to replicate the experiment in other northern States. Gli articoli della cover story : Dalit power / V. Ramakrishnan (the biggest question is whether the BSP's political leadership, especially Mayawati, has the skills to live up to the new hopes and to manage the contradictions that conflicting priorities are bound to throw up); Winning formula (The BSP dramatically altered its traditional anti-Brahmin, anti-upper caste position over the past two years; the most important message of the 2007 elections is that the BSP and the S.P., with their solid caste bases, can advance the 'core caste-plus' game and chip away at the support base of the national parties); Wrong again / Vidya Subrahmanian ( The Dalit vote is typically silent. Opinion polls and exit polls go wrong); What next? / Zoya Hasan (further expansion of the BSP's influence in other northern States will depend on its performance in office)