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The Politics of Untouchability and Social Change:A Study of the Scheduled Castes of Maharashtra


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Exploring the dialectical relationship between the politics of untouchability and social change, this paper is concerned with the changing Socio-economic and religio-cultural status of the scheduled castes of Maharashtra and with the scope and substance of their political movements and formations in enhancing their social and political power and transforming identity.
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Padma Velaskar
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai-400088, India

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Exploring the dialectical relationship between the politics of untouchability and social change, this paper is concerned with the changing Socio-economic and religio-cultural status of the scheduled castes of Maharashtra and with the scope and substance of their political movements and formations in enhancing their social and political power and transforming identity.