Panthers in Parliament
Dalits, Caste, and Political Power in South India
Hugo Gorringe
Table of Contents
Foreword by Surinder S. Jodhka
Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction: An Elegy for a Lost Movement?
Part I: From Movement to Party
1. Institutionalizing Caste Politics in Tamil Nadu
2. Twenty-First Century Casteism? Discrimination, Hierarchy, and Politics in Contemporary Tamil Nadu
3. From Protest to Politics: The Institutionalization of the Panthers
Part II: The Process of Institutionalization
4. Doing Tamil Politics: Informal Institutionalization
5. Symbolism over Substance? Symbols, Space, and Power
Part III: Co-option and Compromise: Taming the Panthers?
6. The Paradox of Parali Puthur: Leadership in Question
7. The 'Sewer of Politics': Corruption, Co-optation, and Compromise
Part IV: Beyond Institutional Politics
8. Subnational Nationalism: Reinventing Tamilness from Below?
9. The Power of the Panthers: The Outcomes of Dalit Politics
Bibliography
Index
About the Author