This book presents an exhaustive account of the development of movements, thoughts and policies of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in India. It discusses various facets of the OBC situation in India today along spatial and specific caste lines. A comprehensive work on the politics of identity and plurality of experiences of OBCs in India, this handbook:Scrutinises social deprivation, mobilisation, involvement of the state, public policies and programmes for development and indent formation of OBCsStudies specific communities and industries shaped by OBC communities, the impact of these businesses on the larger socio-political scene and their changing contoursSheds light on the lives of nomadic and denotified tribes, weaver communities, shepherding tribes, Dudekula/Noorbasha Muslims and other minority groupsShowcases the impact of new media and globalisation on shaping OBC experiences in the contemporary societyThe companion to The Routledge Handbook of the Other Backward Classes in India, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of exclusion and discrimination studies, diversity and inclusion studies, Global South studies, affirmative action, sociology, Indian political history, Dalit studies, political sociology, public policy, development studies and political studies.
